Commentary for Pesachim 107:17

תנו רבנן עשרה דברים נבראו בערב שבת בין השמשות ואלו הן באר ומן וקשת הכתב והמכתב והלוחות קברו של משה ומערה שעמד בה משה ואליהו פתיחת פי האתון ופתיחת פי הארץ לבלוע את הרשעים ויש אומרים אף מקלו של אהרן שקדיה ופרחיה ויש אומרים אף המזיקין ויש אומרים אף

Hence it teaches that Zibeon cohabited with his mother and begat Anah by her. But perhaps there were two Anahs? Said Raba: I say a thing which [even] King Shapur could not say, and who is that? Samuel. Others say, R'Papa said: I say a thing which even King Shapur did not say, and who is that? Raba.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shapur I, King of Persia, was a contemporary of Samuel, while Shapur II was a contemporary of Raba. These names are applied here to Samuel and Raba, as indicating their acknowledged authority in learning. v. MGWJ. 1936, p. 217.');">⁴⁵</span> The Writ saith, that is Anah [meaning], that is the original Anah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Identical with the first mentioned.');">⁴⁶</span> Our Rabbis taught: Ten things were created on the eve of the Sabbath at twilight, and these are they: The well, manna, the rainbow, writing, the writing instruments, the Tables, the sepulchre of Moses and the cave in which Moses and Elijah stood, the opening of the ass's mouth, and the opening of the earth's mouth to swallow up the wicked. While some say, Also Aaron's staff, its almonds and its blossoms.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Num. XVII, 23. This too was ordained at the Creation.');">⁴⁷</span> Others say, The harmful spirits [demons] too. Others say, Also

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