According to the Sages the are two types of Creation. "Something from nothing" and "Something from something".
"Something from Something" is like painting. You are using what already is, in order to create.
"Something from Nothing" Is the creation of something new entirely.

The Sages go on to say, that there were only 3 creations that can be categorized as "Something from Nothing"

1. The Beginning -- Big Bang, Time, Matter, Energy, Physics
2. Life -- Not lifeforms, but the essence of Life itself
3. Mankind

I shall now explain what exactly was created from nothingness.

The world was empty of life. And then life began in the form of single celled organisms. What changed? According to the Laws of Physics, all things flow from a state of higher energy to a state of lower energy, but Life does exactly the opposite. Life goes against physics. Life is the desire to live.

The sages say that the life on land was not a "Something from Nothing" creation because the ability to live was already created in the water.

For aproximately a billion years the water was populated by cingle celled organizms until the first animal appeared. The first animal was a collection of cells that worked together for common survival. They developed a chemical language between cells that is still present in all life today, and they developed the protein collagen in order to allow them to bond together. This is the main protein in all animals today and is what keeps the skin together.
This first animal was the sponge. The sponge is the only animal that can ressurect itself. You separate all the cells through a sieve and they communicate and form back together once again. The bath sponge is the collagen that is left behind after the cells die. The sponge pumps gallons of water through it every second and feeds on all of the single celled organisms that flow through it.

The next "Something from Nothing" according to the Sages was mankind. Mankind in Hebrew is "Medaber" which means "those that speak". Animals are instinctual creatures who's sole goal is survival. The sages say that our body was not "Something from Nothing" but rather that the body is Animal like all of the others. The body also posesses all of the instincts necissary for survival. What was new was that the Limitless placed itself within us. We have the "Image" of the limitless in us. It is obviously just an image because we are limited.
The image is like blowing a balloon. Once you blow a balloon and let the air out, a residue of the air remains. The balloon takes on a different shape. This residue is what is called "Something from Nothing". It is the aspect of the animal to survive, but it is the aspect of Mankind to create and beautify and phylosophize, and perfect.

We also form sponges. We call the sponges Nations. The Nations work together for the common good of their Nation. The desire of the Nation is the common desire of the people. Interactions of Nations in History is like the interaction between sponges. And the ressurection in Prophecy is like the sponge. You separate all of the individual cells thus killing the Nation. And when the cells come back together forming the Nation again, this is Ressurection.