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Chapter 4, Mishna 3

Apropos a discussion of local customs with respect to lighting a havdala candle (which separates holy time from mundane) after Yom Kippur, the Sages embark on a fascinating discussion regarding the origin, purpose and destiny of our world. They touch on the original flame that comforted Adam and Eve, the flames of Gehenna where souls are refined of their sins after leaving this world, the Garden of Eden, the first tongs of a blacksmith, and the matters which are concealed from humans, which include the day of death, the certainty of profit, and when the Messiah will come.