Core Text
Core Textתַּנְיָא, לָמָּה נִתְקַלְּלָה הָאָרֶץ? רַבִּי יֵידָן בַּר שָׁלוֹם אָמַר: עַל יְדֵי שֶׁעָבְרָה עַל גְּזֵרוֹתָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, [שֶׁאָמַר] תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע, וְהִיא לֹא עָשְׂתָה כֵּן אֶלָּא וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ...
English of Core Text: It was taught: Why was the earth cursed? Rabbi Yedan bar Shalom said: Because it transgressed the decrees of the Holy One, blessed be He, who said “Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed,” and it did not do so, but “the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind”...