Quoting%20commentary for Yoma 108:2
ושתיה היתה נקראת תנא שממנה הושתת העולם תנן כמאן דאמר מציון נברא העולם דתניא רבי אליעזר אומר עולם מאמצעיתו נברא שנאמר (איוב לח, לח) בצקת עפר למוצק ורגבים ידובקו
AND IT WAS CALLED SHETHIYAH: A Tanna taught: [It was so called] because from it the world was founded.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. II. The suggestion is that Zion was created first, and around it other clods, rocks, formations, continents, were formed until the earth was completed.');"><sup>3</sup></span> We were taught in accord with the view that the world was started [created] from Zion on.
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