Related%20passage for Rosh Hashanah 45:11
א"ר יוחנן כל שיטה ושיטה שנטלו נכרים מירושלים עתיד הקב"ה להחזירן לה שנאמר (ישעיהו מא, יט) אתן במדבר ארז שטה ואין מדבר אלא ירושלים שנאמר (ישעיהו סד, ט) ציון מדבר היתה וגו'
They bring there six thousand men for twelve months (or according to others twelve thousand men for six months) and load the boat with sand until it rests on the sea-bottom.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The water being here rather shallow. htnur hc htnrt hc');"><sup>13</sup></span> Then a diver goes down and ties a rope of flax to the coral while the other end is tied to the ship, and the sand is then taken and thrown overboard, and as the boat rises it pulls up the coral with it.
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