MISHNAH:

<<One who sees

<<a place

<<where were performed

<<in it

<<miracles

<<for Israel

<<says:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who performed

<<miracles

<<for our fathers

<<in this place.”

<<A place

<<where was uprooted

<<from it

<<idolatry

<<says:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who uprooted

<<idolatry

<<from our land.”

Over

<<the zikin [comets],

<<and over

<<the earthquakes,

<<and over

<<the thunders,

<<and over

<<the winds,

<<and over

<<the lightnings

<<he says:

<<“Blessed is He

<<whose strength

<<and whose might

<<fill

<<the world.”

<<Over

<<the mountains,

<<and over

<<the hills,

<<and over

<<the seas,

<<and over

<<the rivers,

<<and over

<<the deserts

<<he says:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who makes

<<the work of Creation.”

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<One who sees

<<the Great Sea

<<says:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who made

<<the Great Sea,”

<<when

<<he sees it

<<at intervals.

Over

<<the rains

<<and over

<<tidings

<<that are good

<<he says:

<<“Blessed is

<<the One who is good

<<and who does good.”

<<Over

<<tidings

<<that are bad

<<he says:

<<“Blessed is

<<the Judge of

<<truth.”

<<[If] he built

<<a house

<<that is new

<<or bought

<<vessels

<<that are new,

<<he says:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who has kept us alive,

<<and sustained us,

<<and brought us

<<to this time.”

<<One blesses

<<over

<<the bad

<<similar to [the blessing]

<<over

<<the good,

<<and over

<<the good

<<similar to [the blessing]

<<over

<<the bad.

And one who cries out

<<over the past —

<<behold,

<<this is

<<a prayer

<<in vain.

<<[If] was

<<his wife

<<pregnant,

<<and he says:

<<“May it be [Your] will

<<that will give birth

<<my wife

<<to a male” —

<<behold,

<<this is

<<a prayer

<<in vain.

<<[If] he was

<<coming

<<on the road

<<and heard

<<a sound of

<<outcry

<<in the city,

<<and he says:

<<“May it be [Your] will

<<that it not

<<be

<<within

<<my house” —

<<behold,

<<this is

<<a prayer

<<in vain.

One who enters

<<a city

<<prays

<<two [prayers]:

<<one

<<upon his entry

<<and one

<<upon his exit.

<<Ben Azzai

<<says:

<<Four:

<<two

<<upon his entry

<<and two

<<upon his exit.

<<He gives

<<thanks

<<for

<<what has passed

<<and cries out

<<for

<<the future.

Obligated

<<is a person

<<to bless

<<over

<<the bad

<<just as

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the good,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And you shall love

<<Hashem

<<your God

<<with all

<<your heart,

<<etc.”

<<“With all

<<your heart” —

<<with both

<<your inclinations,

<<with the inclination

<<for good

<<and with the inclination

<<for evil.

<<“And with all

<<your soul” —

<<even

<<[if] He

<<takes

<<your soul.

<<“And with all

<<your might” —

<<with all

<<your money.

<<Alternatively:

<<“With all

<<your might [me'odecha]” —

<<for every

<<measure

<<and measure

<<that He

<<metes out [moded]

<<to you,

<<be

<<thankful [modeh]

<<to Him.

Not

<<shall lighten

<<a person

<<his head [i.e., act with levity]

<<opposite

<<the Gate of

<<the East,

<<for it

<<is aligned

<<opposite

<<the House of

<<the Holy

<<of Holies.

<<And not

<<shall he enter

<<the Temple Mount

<<with his staff,

<<or with his shoes,

<<or with his money belt,

<<or with the dust

<<that is on

<<his feet.

<<And not

<<shall he make it

<<a shortcut.

<<And spitting —

<<[is forbidden] a fortiori.

All

<<the concluders of

<<blessings

<<that were in the Temple

<<would

<<say

<<“until

<<the world.”

<<Once corrupted [matters]

<<the heretics

<<and said:

<<there is no

<<world

<<except

<<one,

<<they instituted

<<that they would

<<say

<<“from

<<the world

<<and until

<<the world.”

And they instituted

<<that should

<<a person

<<ask

<<about the welfare of

<<his fellow

<<with the Name [of God],

<<as it is stated:

<<“And behold,

<<Boaz

<<came

<<from Beis

<<Lechem

<<and said

<<to the reapers:

<<‘Hashem

<<be with you,’

<<and they said

<<to him:

<<‘May bless you

<<Hashem.’”

<<And it says:

<<“Hashem

<<is with you,

<<mighty man

<<of valor.”

<<And it says:

<<“Do not

<<despise [her]

<<when

<<she has grown old,

<<your mother.”

<<And it says:

<<“It is a time

<<to act

<<for Hashem;

<<they have voided

<<Your Torah.”

<<Rabbi Nasan

<<says:

<<“They have voided

<<Your Torah”

<<because of

<<“It is a time

<<to act

<<for Hashem.”

GEMARA:

<<From where

<<are these

<<words?

<<Rabbi Yochanan said,

<<for says

<<the verse:

<<“And said

<<Yisro:

<<Blessed

<<is Hashem

<<who

<<saved,

<<etc.”

For a miracle

<<of the many

<<we bless;

<<for a miracle

<<of an individual

<<we do not

<<bless?!

<<But surely

<<that

<<man

<<who was

<<traveling

<<in Ever Yamina,

<<fell

<<upon him

<<a lion;

<<was performed

<<for him

<<a miracle,

<<and he was saved

<<from it.

<<He came

<<before

<<Rava,

<<and he [Rava] said

<<to him:

<<Whenever

<<you arrive

<<there,

<<bless:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who performed

<<for me

<<a miracle

<<in this place.”

And Mar son of Ravina

<<was

<<traveling

<<in the valley of

<<Aravos

<<and was thirsty

<<for water.

<<Was performed

<<for him

<<a miracle:

<<was created

<<for him

<<a spring

<<of water,

<<and he drank.

And further,

<<one time

<<he was

<<traveling

<<in the street of

<<Mechoza

<<and fell

<<upon him

<<a camel

<<that was wild;

<<opened up

<<for him

<<a wall,

<<he entered

<<inside it.

<<When

<<he arrived

<<at Aravos,

<<he blessed:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who performed

<<for me

<<a miracle

<<in Aravos

<<and with the camel.”

<<When

<<he arrived

<<at the street of

<<Mechoza,

<<he blessed:

<<“Blessed is He

<<who performed

<<for me

<<a miracle

<<with the camel

<<and in Aravos”!

<<They say:

<<For a miracle

<<of the many,

<<everyone

<<is obligated

<<to bless;

<<for a miracle

<<of an individual,

<<he

<<is obligated

<<to bless.

The Rabbis taught:

<<One who sees

<<the crossings of

<<the sea,

<<and the crossings of

<<the Jordan,

<<the crossings of

<<the streams of

<<Arnon,

<<the stones of

<<Elgavish

<<on the descent of

<<Beis

<<Choron,

<<and the stone

<<that sought

<<to throw

<<Og,

<<king of

<<the Bashan,

<<upon

<<Israel,

<<and the stone

<<that sat

<<upon it

<<Moshe

<<at the time

<<that made

<<Yehoshua

<<war

<<with Amalek,

<<and the wife

<<of

<<Lot,

<<and the wall of

<<Yericho

<<that was swallowed

<<in its place —

<<for

<<all of them

<<he must

<<give

<<thanks

<<and praise

<<before

<<the Omnipresent.

Granted,

<<the crossings of

<<the sea,

<<as it is written:

<<“And came

<<the children of

<<Israel

<<into the midst of

<<the sea

<<on dry land.”

<<The crossings of

<<the Jordan,

<<as it is written:

<<“And stood

<<the Kohanim

<<bearing

<<the Ark of

<<the covenant of

<<Hashem

<<on dry ground

<<in the midst of

<<the Jordan,

<<firmly,

<<and all

<<Israel

<<were passing

<<on dry ground,

<<until

<<finished

<<all

<<the nation

<<to cross

<<the Jordan.”

But

<<the crossings of

<<the streams of

<<Arnon —

<<from where do we know?

<<As it is written:

<<“Therefore

<<it is said

<<in the book of

<<the wars of

<<Hashem:

<<‘Es

<<and Vahev

<<in Sufah,’

<<etc.”

<<It was taught:

<<“Es

<<and Vahev

<<in Sufah [at the end]” —

<<two

<<lepers

<<they were,

<<who would

<<walk

<<at the end of

<<the camp of

<<Israel.

<<When

<<were passing

<<Israel,

<<came

<<the Emorites,