Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 3

Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 3

There are four winds in the world: the wind of the eastern corner, the wind of the western corner, the wind of the southern corner, the wind of the northern corner. The wind of the eastern corner: from there light goes forth to the world. The wind of the southern corner: from there dews of blessing and rains of blessing go forth to the world. The wind of the western corner: from there darkness goes forth to the world. The wind of the northern corner: from there go forth to the world the storehouses of snow and the storehouses of hail, and cold and heat and rains. Another interpretation: the wind of the northern corner, He created it and did not finish it. He said that anyone who claims to be a god, let him come and finish this corner that I have left, and all will know that he is a god.

Themes

Original Sources

  • Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer 3
  • Midrash Konen in Beit ha-Midrash 2:30
  • Sefer ha-Zikhronot 1:7
  • The Book of Jubilees 2:2
  • Zohar 1:14b
  • Siah Sarfei Kodesh
  • Or ha-Ganuz