Berachos 61a § 3
Hot and Cold Stars
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Who makes Ursa Major,
Orion, and Pleiades, and
the chambers of the south.
Orion comes before Pleiades.
He Who makes Pleiades and Orion.
Pleiades comes before Orion.
How are we to understand this contradiction?
Were it not for the heat of Orion,
the universe could not exist
because of the cold of Pleiades.
Were it not for the cold of Pleiades,
the universe could not exist
because of the heat of Orion.
Orion, and Pleiades, and
the chambers of the south.
Orion comes before Pleiades.
He Who makes Pleiades and Orion.
Pleiades comes before Orion.
How are we to understand this contradiction?
Were it not for the heat of Orion,
the universe could not exist
because of the cold of Pleiades.
Were it not for the cold of Pleiades,
the universe could not exist
because of the heat of Orion.