Reference for Rosh Hashanah 50:2

לומר לך ירובעל בדורו כמשה בדורו בדן בדורו כאהרן בדורו יפתח בדורו כשמואל בדורו ללמדך שאפילו קל שבקלין ונתמנה פרנס על הצבור הרי הוא כאביר שבאבירים

on the same level as three of the the most estimable characters,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'heavy ones of the world'.');">³</span> to show that Jerubaal in his generation is like Moses in his generation, Bedan in his generation is like Aaron in his generation, Jepthah in his generation is like Samuel in his generation, [and] to teach you that the most worthless, once he has been appointed a leader<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hebr. Parnas. V. Git, Sonc. ed, p. 280, n. 9.');">⁴</span>

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