Say the beracha of yam hagadol!

Come to Gibraltar and say the Beracha of Yam Hagadol at the coming together of the two seas, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.

Bereshit Rabbah 23:7

R.Abahu learned: The Ocean is higher than the whole world. R.Elazar ben Menahem said to him this not explicitly stated in a verse, “He calleth for the waters of the Sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth” (Amos v.8; ix 6), which obviously means, like one who pours downward from above ?

“He calleth for the waters of the Sea” is written twice, corresponding to the two times that the Sea came up and inundated the world. How far did it come up on the first occasion and how far on the second ? R.Yudan, R.Abahu and R.Elazar in R.Chanina’s name said: On the first it came up as far as Acco and Jaffa, while on the Coast of Barbary. R.Huna and R.Acha in R.Chanina’s name said: On the first, as far as the Coast of Barbary, on the second, as far as Acco and Jaffa, as it is written. And said “Thus far shalt thou come, but no further etc,” “Thus far shalt thou come.” means as far as Acco, “And here shall thy proud waves be stayed” intimates as far as Yaffa R.Elazar said: At the first, as far as Cabria, at the second as far as the Coast of Barbary.

Blessing: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-blessing-for-the-seas-and-oceans

Full Text: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/402812?lang=bi

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