t.Yom.2.14
A. A stone was there from the days of the earlier prophets, called Shetiyyah. It was three fingerbreadths high [M.Yoma 5.2A-B].
B. In the beginning the ark was placed on it. When the ark was taken away, on it they would burn the incense before the innermost altar.
C. R. Yose [T4] says, ``From it the world was created, as it says, Out of Zion, the perfection of the world (Ps.50.2).``
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