<b>The deeps were congealed (Exod. 15:8).</b> He fashioned them into a kind of vault. <i>In the heart of the sea</i> (ibid.). Where is a man’s heart located? It is located just above two thirds of his height. Similarly, the water congealed over them at two thirds of its depth. The sea had no heart; a heart was attributed to it. A terebinth has no heart, but a heart was ascribed to it, as it is said: <i>While he was yet alive in the heart of the terebinth</i> (II Sam. 18:14). The heavens have no heart, but He attributed a heart to them, as it is said: <i>And the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven</i> (Deut. 4:11). The sea, which had no heart, and to which He ascribed a heart, came and punished the Egyptians who possessed hearts, but who nevertheless had subjected Israel to all manner of afflictions. The terebinth has no heart, but the heart which was attributed to it, went and punished Absalom, who had a heart, for he had deceived three hearts: his father’s, the court’s, and that of the men of Israel. And the heaven which had no heart, but to which a heart was ascribed, came and sent down manna to Israel, which possessed a heart, accepted the Torah with all its heart, and loved its Creator with all its heart.