12. “However, this secret etc.” However, this secret was revealed only on a certain day when I was on the shore of the sea, and Elijah came and said to me: Rabbi, do you know who has created these?¹, is not just a question, but a reference to the verse (found in Isa. 40:26). I replied: These are the heavens and their hosts, the work of the Holy One, blessed be He, for people should look at them and bless Him, as it is stated: “When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, [the moon and the stars…] O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is Your name in all the earth” [Psalms 8:4, 10].

footnotes: ¹ This phrase of "who has created these," used throughout these sections of the Zohar