"Where the birds nest, they shall dwell." Rabbi Huna bar Papa and Rabbi Yehuda in the name of Rabbi Simon disagreed about why it is called chasidah (stork). One said that it is because it is trampled by its companions, and the other said that it shelters its young. Rabbi Yehuda, the son of Rabbi Simon, said that it only refers to the tribe of Levi, as it says, 'Support and illuminate the man of Your kindness.'
"The high mountains for wild goats." Rabbi Yudan said that God created the world only in the merit of Abraham, as it says, 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' These are the same letters as those in Abraham. Rabbi Yudan said, "If you wonder about this, consider what is written, 'The high mountains for wild goats.' If the high mountains were only created for wild goats, how much more so was the world created in the merit of Abraham!"...