## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 310

###### Sifrei Devarim 310:1
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(דברים לב ז) **זְכֹר יְמוֹת עוֹלָם**, אָמַר לָהֶם: הִזָּכְרוּ מַה שֶּׁעָשִׂיתִי לַדּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, מַה שֶּׁעָשִׂיתִי לְאַנְשֵׁי דוֹר הַמַּבּוּל, וּמַה שֶּׁעָשִׂיתִי לְאַנְשֵׁי דוֹר הַפַּלַּגָה, וּמָה שֶׁעָשִׂיתִי לְאַנְשֵׁי סְדוֹם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 32:7) "Remember the days of yore": Remember what I did with the first generations: what I did with the men of the generation of the flood; what I did with the men of the generation of *hapalagah* (the tower of Bavel); what I did with the men of the generation of Sodom and Amorah.


###### Sifrei Devarim 310:2
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**בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דּוֹר וָדוֹר**, אֵין לְךָ דוֹר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ כְּאַנְשֵׁי דוֹר הַמַּבּוּל, וְאֵין לְךָ דוֹר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ כְּאַנְשֵׁי סְדוֹם, אֶלָּא שֶׁנִּדּוֹן כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד לְפִי מַעֲשָׂיו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"Reflect upon the years of generation upon generation": There is no generation where there are no men like those of the generations of the men of the flood; where there are no men like those of the generation of *hapalagah* and the men of Sodom — but each is judged according to his acts.


###### Sifrei Devarim 310:3
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**שְׁאַל אָבִיךָ וְיַגֵּדְךָ**, אֵלּוּ נְבִיאִים, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (מ״ב ב יב): ״וֶאֱלִישָׁע רֹאֶה וְהוּא מְצַעֵק אָבִי אָבִי״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"Ask your father and he will tell you": These are the prophets, viz. (II Kings 2:12) "And Elisha saw (Eliyahu the prophet) and cried 'My father! My father!'"


###### Sifrei Devarim 310:4
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**זְקֵנֶיךָ וְיֹאמְרוּ לָךְ**, אֵלּוּ זְקֵנִים, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר יא טז): ״אֶסְפָה לִּי שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"your elders and they will tell you": These are the elders, viz. (Bamidbar 11:16) "Gather unto Me seventy men from the elders of Israel."


###### Sifrei Devarim 310:5
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דָּבָר אַחֵר **זְכֹר יְמוֹת עוֹלָם**, אָמַר לָהֶם, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מֵבִיא עֲלֵיכֶם יִסּוּרִים, הִזָּכְרוּ כַּמָּה טוֹבוֹת וְנֶחָמוֹת עָתִיד לִתֵּן לָכֶם לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Variantly: "Remember the days of *the world*": He said to them: Whenever the L-rd brings afflictions upon you, remember how many benefactions and consolations He is destined to accord you in *the world* to come.


###### Sifrei Devarim 310:6
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**בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דּוֹר וָדוֹר**, זֶה דּוֹרוֹ שֶׁל מָשִׁיחַ, שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה דוֹרוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים עב ה): ״יִירָאוּךָ עִם שָׁמֶשׁ וְלִפְנֵי יָרֵחַ דּוֹר דּוֹרִים״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"Reflect upon the years of generation upon generation": This is the generation of the Messiah, which contains three generations, viz. (Psalms 72:5) "They (Israel, in the days of the Messiah) will fear You before the sun and the moon, generation (1) generations (2)."


###### Sifrei Devarim 310:7
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**שְׁאַל אָבִיךָ וְיַגֵּדְךָ**, לְמָחָר עֲתִידִים יִשְׂרָאֵל לִהְיוֹת רוֹאִים וְשׁוֹמְעִים כְּשׁוֹמְעִים מִפִּי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה ל כא): ״וְאָזְנֶיךָ תִּשְׁמַעְנָה דָבָר מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ לֵאמֹר״, וְאוֹמֵר (שם ל כ): ״לֹא יִכָּנֵף עוֹד מוֹרֶיךָ וְהָיוּ עֵינֶיךָ רֹאוֹת אֶת מוֹרֶיךָ״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"Ask your Father and He will tell you": In the future, Israel are destined to see and hear from the mouth of the Holy One Blessed be He, viz. (Isaiah 30:21) "And your ears will hear a word from behind you ([in context: from the mouth of the L-rd]), saying, etc." And (Isaiah, *Ibid*. 20) "And your Teacher will no longer be hidden behind His garment, and your eyes will see your Teacher."


###### Sifrei Devarim 310:8
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**זְקֵנֶיךָ וְיֹאמְרוּ לָךְ**, מַה שֶּׁהֶרְאֵיתִי לַזְּקֵנִים בָּהָר, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות כד א): ״וְאֶל מֹשֶׁה אָמַר עֲלֵה אֶל ה׳״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"your elders, and they shall say it to you": what I showed the elders in the mountain," (Sinai, at the giving of the Torah), viz. (Shemoth 24:1) "And to Moses He said: Go up to the L-rd, you and Aaron, Nadav and Avihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel… (*Ibid*. 10) And they saw the G-d of Israel" (and so, in time to come.)