Commentary for Pesachim 107:6

ואור במוצאי שבת איברי והא תניא עשרה דברים נבראו בערב שבת בין השמשות אלו הן באר והמן וקשת כתב ומכתב והלוחות וקברו של משה ומערה שעמד בו משה ואליהו פתיחת פי האתון ופתיחת פי הארץ לבלוע את הרשעים

the sepulchre of Moses, the cave in which Moses and Elijah stood,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When God allowed them to see His glory; v. Ex. XXXIII, 22; I Kings XIX, 9.');">¹⁵</span> the opening of the ass's mouth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXII, 28.');">¹⁶</span> and the opening of the earth's mouth to swallow up the wicked.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XVI, 30. That these last two should happen when the need arose was decreed at the time of the creation.');">¹⁷</span> R'Nehemiah said in his father's name: Also fire and the mule.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The mule is regarded as a hybrid, as stated infra. But according to R. Nehemiah, the first was created directly, and was not the result of cross-breeding.');">¹⁸</span>

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