Wednesday, September 20, 2017

history - The blessing for 600,000 Jews


The Gemara (Berakhot 58b) mentions that upon seeing 600,000 Jews one says the blessing "Baruch...Chacham HaRazim" (Who knows all secrets), and this is halacha (Sh.A. O.C. 224:5).


Does any know of any time in history (besides Har Sinai) when this has happened? I would think that such a large gathering liklier in the State of Israel, but has the blessing been said?


[A separate question would be how you even count such an event. Besides the sheer mass, we can't count Jews to begin with (perhaps we would go through ticket stubs).]



I'd love to hear if anything of the sort has been organized.




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