Anthology on Torah

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 1:1

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In ten articles the world was created, and what is meant to be said, and in one article he could recover, but heal the wicked who destroy the world created in ten sayings and give good reward to the righteous who fulfill the world created in ten sayings....

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