Quoting%20commentary for Arakhin 33:8

למאי הלכתא

Would you say: It refers to virtue so that one holds: if the generation is virtuous, so is the leader; the other view being: if the leader is virtuous, so is the generation; but surely there is Zedekiah who was virtuous, whereas his generation was not so; and there is Jehoiakim who was not virtuous, whilst his generation was so.

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