Commentary for Pesachim 107:12

אמרי חללה הוא דנברא קודם שנברא העולם ואור דידיה בערב שבת

The name of the Messiah, as it is written, His [sc. the Messiah's] name shall endure for ever, and has exited before the sun!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. LXXII, 17. - Thus the Gehenna was created before the world. - The general idea of this Baraitha is that these things are indispensable pre-requisites for the orderly progress of mankind upon earth. The Torah, the supreme source of instruction; the concept of repentance, in recognition that 'to err is human', and hence, if man falls, the opportunity to rise again; the Garden of Eden and the Gehenna, symbolizing reward and punishment; the Throne of Glory and the Temple, indicating that the goal of Creation is that the Kingdom of God (represented by the Temple) shall be established on earth, as it is in heaven; and finally, the name of the Messiah, i.e., the assurance that God's purpose will ultimately be achieved.');">³¹</span> - I will tell you: only its cavity was created before the world was created, but its fire [was created] on the eve of the Sabbath. Yet was its fire created on the eve of the Sabbath? Surely it was taught, R'Jose said: The fire which the Holy One, blessed be He, created on the second day of the week shall never be extinguished,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because it is the fire of the Gehenna.');">³²</span>

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