Commentary for Sanhedrin 205:4

וא"ר יוחנן משום רשב"י מאי דכתיב (ירמיהו כו, א) בראשית ממלכות יהויקים בן יאשיהו וכתיב (ירמיהו כח, א) בראשית ממלכת צדקיה וכי עד האידנא לא הוו מלכי

and in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXVIII, 1: his difficulty is, why is the word [H] bereshith used here to denote the beginning instead of simply 'In the first year'. ');">⁶</span> were there then no kings until then? But [it teaches that] the Holy One, blessed be He, wished to hurl the world back into chaos<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'formlessness and emptiness'. ');">⁷</span>

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