Commentary for Taanit 19:5
שקול כף ושדי אריש וקרי ביה חכשרת
This is according to R'Joshua. And as for R'Eliezer? -[He is of the opinion] that this [verse] refers to the other handiwork of God. R'Joshua B'Levi said: The whole world is watered by the residue of the Garden of Eden, as it is said, And a river went out of Eden, etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. II, 10. The continuation of the verse is, 'and from thence it was parted and became four heads'.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
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