Talmud for Shabbat 217:9

א"ר יוחנן לא קשיא הא ר"מ הא ר' יהודה דתנן כל הימים כמקוה שנאמר (בראשית א, י) ולמקוה המים קרא ימים דברי ר"מ ר' יהודה אומר ים הגדול כמקוה ולא נאמר ימים אלא שיש בו מיני ימים הרבה

Our Rabbis taught: One may bathe in the water of Gerar,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gerar was the seat of a Philistine prince (Gen. X, 19; XX, 1 et seq; I Chron. IV, 39) whose site has not been identified with certainty. Some think it was southwest of Kadesh; others, that it vas south of Gaza. ');">²²</span> in the water of Hammethan,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The word means 'hot Springs'. It was a town a mile away from Tiberias. ');">²³</span> in the water of Essa,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supposed to be east of the lake of Tiberias, v. Neub. Geogr. p. 38; Jast. s.v. ');">²⁴</span>

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