יְרִידַת הַדּוֹרוֹת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Decline of the Generations

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A decline in the spiritual level of the generations. Each generation is considered inferior to the one before it in its spiritual or intellectual level.

("But with the decline of the generations and their weakness, as materialism and desires have grown stronger, perhaps it is better that there not be on the holy Sabbath night, the day of the soul" - Responsa Divrei Yatziv, Part Yoreh De'ah, Siman 105, and likewise: "They began arguing over a new word... and over the foreign language that is taking over the streets of our land, over the decline of the generations at the university and the small number of students in medieval poetry" - Chaim Savato, K'af'fei Shachar, 82)