Musar for Pesachim 107:8
לא קשיא הא באור דידן הא באור דגיהנם אור דידן במוצאי שבת אור דגיהנם בערב שבת ואור דגיהנם בערב שבת איברי והא תניא *שבעה דברים נבראו קודם שנברא העולם ואלו הן תורה ותשובה וגן עדן וגיהנם וכסא הכבוד ובית המקדש ושמו של משיח
new thing to the person, since he did not benefit from the light during the day. used to say: Tongs are made with tongs;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The already manufactured tongs must hold the iron on the anvil as it is beaten out into another pair of tongs.');"><sup>21</sup></span> then who made the first tongs? Hence in truth it was<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'was this not etc.?'');"><sup>22</sup></span>
Orchot Tzadikim
Rabbi Akiba said, "Seven things were created before the Universe and they are these : Torah, Repentance, Paradise, Gehennah, the Throne of Glory, the Temple, and the name of the Messiah" (Pesahim 54a). And why these seven? Know this, that the principal reason for the creation of the world is man, for there is no need for the lower world except for man, and he rules over all the lower world : over the cattle, the beasts, the fowl, the fish and the swarming things. And inasmuch as the principal reason for creation is man it was necessary first to create the Torah, which is the very existence of the world. As it is written, "If My covenant be not with day and night, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth" (Jer. 33:25).
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