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44. When the Creator took the snow from under His throne and threw into the water, He took as much as the hollow of His hand, as it is written, “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand.”

45. He took as much as a third of a Zeret [about 20 cm], and threw into the water, as it is written, “And calculated the dust of the earth with a measure,” and it is written, “He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth.’”

46. One place froze first, under the water in the middle of the deep. From there, one stone was made, sunken in the middle of the deep, and rose up and was seen in Zion. This is the dot of Holam.

47. The circle and the sphere have no standing except from one point in the middle. It cannot be said that the point of Zion, which is round, is the point of the world, unless from within one point, the point of Zion, in the middle, and that point is the place of the world, from which the earth expanded to all four directions. Once it expanded to the four directions, it has a standing. It is like the creation of Adam, who also expanded from the point of Tabur in the middle to every direction.

48. When the earth froze under the water, it is written, “Let the waters gather under the heaven onto one place, and let the dry land be seen.” Once the water saw the dry land, they rose and went up, to cover it as in the beginning, until the Creator chastised them and they fled, as it is written, “They flee from Your reproof.”