Commentary for Pesachim 107:9

תורה דכתיב (משלי ח, כב) ה' קנני ראשית דרכו תשובה דכתיב (תהלים צ, ב) בטרם הרים יולדו וכתיב (תהלים צ, ג) תשב אנוש עד דכא ותאמר שובו בני אדם

a Heavenly creation. Said they to him, it is possible to make it in a mould and shape it simultaneously.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without beating it out.');">²³</span> Hence in truth it is of human manufacture!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the whole passage v. Ab. V, 5 and notes a.l. in Sonc. ed. pp. 62-64. - This shows that fire was created already on Sabbath eve.');">²⁴</span> - There is no difficulty: one refers to our fire, the other to the fire of the Gehenna.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hell or purgatory.');">²⁵</span>

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