Halakhah for Chullin 177:26
(יחזקאל כח, ב) מושב אלהים ישבתי בלב ימים
Raba, others say R'Johanan, also said: The world exists only on account of [the merit of] Moses and Aaron; for it is written here: And we are nothing, and it is written there [of the world]: He hangeth the earth upon nothing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job XXVI. 7; Heb. ; interpreted as two words: 'without' 'anything'. The world exists because of those who regard themselves vn ubjbu as nothing, like Moses and Aaron who said of themselves, . And we are nothing. vnhkc okc');"><sup>21</sup></span>
Treasures Hidden in the Sand
1. The color of the body of the Hillazon resembles the color of the sea as the Rabbis in Tractate Menachot (44A) taught that the color of the Hillazon resembles the color of the sea. Rashi explains that the Hillazon emerges from the sea and the Techelet resembles the sea, that is to say that the sea it is found in and that it emerges from is the cause of its color.
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