“It was evening and it was morning, a third day” (Genesis 1:13). “It was evening and it was morning, a third [shelishi] day” – it was the day on which warriors were created,16The groundwork was laid for warriors to wage war. The earth was created on this day, and that includes iron. as it says: “Warriors [shalishim] and nobles, all of them riding horses” (Ezekiel 23:23). When iron was created, the trees began trembling. But it said to them: ‘Why are you trembling? If no wood of yours enters me none of you will be harmed.’17Without a wooden handle, the axe is useless against trees.