Pesachim 54B

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בגדו של אדם הראשון.

the garment of Adam, the first man, was created at this time, as it is stated: “And God made for Adam and his wife garments of skins and clothed them” (Genesis 3:21).

תנו רבנן: שבעה דברים מכוסים מבני אדם, אלו הן: יום המיתה, ויום הנחמה, ועומק הדין, ואין אדם יודע מה בלבו של חבירו, ואין אדם יודע במה משתכר, ומלכות בית דוד מתי תחזור, ומלכות חייבת מתי תכלה.

Apropos the list of items created during twilight, the Talmud cites that A baraita states: 7 matters are concealed from people, and they are: The day of death; and the day of consolation from one’s concerns; the profundity of justice, ascertaining the truth in certain disputes; and a person also does not know what is in the heart of another; and a person does not know in what way he will earn a profit; and one does not know when the monarchy of the house of David will be restored to Israel; and when the wicked Roman monarchy will cease to exist.

תנו רבנן: שלשה דברים עלו במחשבה ליבראות, ואם לא עלו ⁠— דין הוא שיעלו: על המת שיסריח. ועל המת שישתכח מן הלב. ועל התבואה שתרקב. ויש אומרים: על המטבע שיצא.

A baraita states on a similar note: The thoughts of 3 matters arose in God’s mind to be created, and if they did not arise in His thoughts, by right they should have arisen in His thoughts, as they are fundamental to the existence of the world. God created a world in which a corpse rots, so that it requires burial and the family does not continually suffer by seeing the corpse; that the deceased are forgotten from the heart, and the sense of pain and loss diminishes with time; and that grain will rot so that it cannot be hoarded forever, and therefore one must sell his produce. And some say: He instituted that currency will circulate so that people will accept money as a method of payment.

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