Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Eliezer says: Everything that is in the heavens is created out of the heavens; everything that is on earth is created out of the earth. He derives it from here: “Praise the Lord from the heavens [Praise Him all His angels…Praise Him sun and moon]…” (Psalms 148:1–3); “praise the Lord from the earth [all great sea creatures…mountains and all hills]…” (Psalms 148:7–9).41All the objects in the heavens are listed as products of heaven, and all the objects on earth are listed as products of the earth.
Rabbi Yehoshua says: Everything that is in the heavens and on the earth were created only out of the heavens. He cites it from here: “For He says to the snow: Be on the earth” (Job 37:6) – just as the snow, though its [ultimate] place of existence is on the earth, is created only in the heavens, so, too, everything that is in the heavens and on the earth, its creation is only out of the heavens. Rav Huna said in the name of Rabbi Yosef: Everything that is in the heavens and on the earth, its creation is only out of the earth.
That is what is written: “For, just as the rain and the snow descend from the heavens…” (Isaiah 55:10) – just as the rain, even though its descent is from the heavens, its creation is only out of the earth,42Rain comes from water evaporated from the oceans. so, too, everything that is in the heavens and on the earth, its creation is only from the earth. Rabbi Yudan cites it from here: “Everything was from the dust, and everything returns to the dust” (Ecclesiastes 3:20).
Rav Naḥman said: Even the orb of the sun, as it is stated: “He says to the sun [ḥeres]43The verse calls the sun ḥeres, which usually means earthenware. and it does not shine” (Job 9:7).