Musar for Sanhedrin 215:13

א"ר אלעזר מלמד שזקף עצמו כמקל ועמד לפני הקב"ה ואמר לפניו רבש"ע לא מהם ולא מהמונם ולא מהמהם ולא נה בהם

Therefore He punished them by water, which is like the eye-ball,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Just as tears gush forth from the eye-ball, which is a small place, so water streams forth from a well. ');">²⁵</span> as it is written, All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. VII, 11. ');">²⁶</span>

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