The Creation Of The Garden Of Eden

And was fire created at the conclusion of the Sabbath? But it is taught in a baraita: Ten things were created on Sabbath eve at twilight, and they are these: the well, and the manna, and the rainbow, the writing, and the writing instrument, and the tablets, and the grave of Moses, and the cave in which Moses and Elijah stood, the opening of the mouth of the donkey, and the opening of the mouth of the earth to swallow the wicked. This is not difficult: this teaching refers to our fire, and that teaching refers to the fire of Gehinnom. Our fire was created at the conclusion of the Sabbath; the fire of Gehinnom was created on Sabbath eve. And was the fire of Gehinnom created on Sabbath eve? But it is taught in a baraita: Seven things were created before the world was created, and they are these: the Torah, and repentance, and the Garden of Eden, and Gehinnom, and the Throne of Glory, and the Temple, and the name of the Messiah. The Garden of Eden, as it is written: "And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east" (Genesis 2:8). Gehinnom, as it is written: "For Tofteh is ordained of old" (Isaiah 30:33). The Throne of Glory and the Temple, as it is written: "A throne of glory, exalted from the first, is the place of our Sanctuary" (Jeremiah 17:12). The name of the Messiah, as it is written: "May his name endure forever; before the sun his name shall be continued" (Psalms 72:17)!