... clouds were gathered in a canopy, Before yet the earth was rounded as a sphere, Thou didst prepare seven in Thy abode: The sacred Law, the splendid throne, the backslider's return, Paradise in all its beauty, and insatiable hell, The atonement place for sacrificial offerings, And the resplendent name of him who delays to come because of all our sins. Two thousand years before our globe ... — Rashi • Maurice Liber
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