Quoting%20commentary for Sotah 61:11
האי לדסמיך ליה והאי לדסמיך ליה
What difference is there between one who acts from love and one who acts from fear? — The difference is that indicated in this teaching: R. Simeon b. Eleazar says: Greater is he who acts from love than he who acts from fear, because with the latter [the merit] remains effective for a thousand generations but with the former it remains effective for two thousand generations. Here it is written: Unto thousands of them that love Me and keep My commandments<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XX, 6. 'Thousands' is interpreted as generations, and the plural indicates at least two thousand. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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