Commentary for Yoma 108:4
וחכמים אומרים מציון נברא שנאמר (תהלים נ, א) מזמור לאסף אל אלהים ה' ואומר מציון מכלל יופי ממנו מוכלל יפיו של עולם
R'Isaac the Smith said: The Holy One, blessed be He, cast a stone into the ocean, from which the world then was founded as it is said: Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened, or who laid the corner-stone thereof?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job XXXVIII, 6.');"><sup>6</sup></span> But the Sages said: The world was [started] created from Zion, as it is said: A Psalm of Asaph, God, God, the Lord [hath spoken],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. L, 1.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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