Commentary for Berakhot 18:6
(שמות ג, יד) אהיה אשר אהיה א"ל הקב"ה למשה לך אמור להם לישראל אני הייתי עמכם בשעבוד זה ואני אהיה עמכם בשעבוד מלכיות
"I am that I am" (ibid. iii. 14). R. Ammi said: The Holy One, blessed be He, spake to Moses, "Go, say to the Israelites, I was with you in this servitude, and I will be with you in the servitude of the kingdoms."
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Added by M. correctly. See D. S. ad loc.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
This is the interpretation of the two "I am." The second foretells the captivity of Assyria and Babylon.
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