(Mishnah): If one sees a place from which idolatry was uprooted, he says "blessed is He Who uprooted idolatry from our land..."

Our Mishnah discusses when it was uprooted from all places in Eretz Yisrael, but if it was uprooted from one place, he says "blessed is He Who uprooted idolatry from this place."

If it was uprooted from one place, and fixed in another place, in the place where it was put, he says "blessed is He Who is slow to anger";

In the place from which it was uprooted, he says "blessed is He Who uprooted idolatry from this place. May it be Your will, Hash-m Elokeinu vEilokei Avoseinu, just like You uprooted it from this place, may You uproot it from all places, and return the hearts of those who serve it to serve You."

Question: (This connotes even Nochrim.) Is it not found that he prays for [Nochri] idolaters?!

Answer (Beraisa - R. Shimon ben Gamliel): Even in Chutz la'Aretz, one must say so (even though most there are Nochrim).

(R. Yochanan): "Ki Mi Asher Yechubar" - it is written Yivchar (he can choose to repent). "El Kol ha'Chayim Yesh Bitachon" - as long as a person is alive, there is hope. Once he died, his hope is gone.

What is the source? "B'Mos Adam Rasha Tovad Tikvah."

(Beraisa - R. Yehudah): One must say three things every day - blessed [is Hash-m] Who did not make me a Nochri, Baruch Who did not make me a Bor (crude person), Baruch Who did not make me a woman.

Baruch Who did not make me a Nochri, for the Nochrim are not [considered] anything [to Hash-m] - "Kol ha'Goyim k'Ayin Negdo."

Baruch Who did not make me a Bor, for a Bor does not fear sin;

Baruch Who did not make me a woman, for a woman is not commanded about the Mitzvos (e.g. Mitzvas Aseh sheha'Zman Gerama).

(R. Acha): "Ki Mi Asher Yechubar..." - even those who stretched out their hands against Zevul (destroyed the Beis ha'Mikdash), they have assurance [that Teshuvah will help];

[If they repented,] it is impossible to draw them close (bring them to the world to come), for they stretched out their hands against Zevul. it is impossible to distance them (punish them in Gehinom), for they repented. About them it says "v'Yashnu Shenas Olam v'Lo Yakitzu."

(Rabanan of Kisarin): Minor Nochrim and the soldiers of Nebuchadnetzar do not live [in the world to come], and they are not judged [in Gehinom]. About them it says "v'Yashnu Shenas Olam..." (However, the important ones who stretched out their hands against Zevul are punished, unlike R. Acha taught.)

One who passes in front of idolatry, he says "Beis Ge'im Yisach Hash-m."

(R. Yosi bei R. Bun citing R. Levi): If one sees them Mezavlin (this is a derogatory euphemism for Mezavchim, i.e. slaughtering - R. SHLOMO SIRILIYO) to idolatry, he says "Zove'ach la'Elohim Yecharam."

(Beraisa): If one sees a person who is black, red, very white, very tall, or a midget, he says "Baruch Meshaneh Es ha'Beriyos";

If one sees someone missing an arm or leg, blind, or a leper, he says, "Baruch Dayan ha'Emes."

The [Seifa of the] Beraisa discusses one who was normal, and changed. If he was like this from his mother's womb (from birth), he says "Baruch Meshaneh Es ha'Beriyos."

One who sees beautiful trees or beautiful people, he says 'Baruch she'Chen Bara Beriyos Na'os b'Olamo.'

A case occurred in which R. Gamliel saw a beautiful Nochris, and blessed [this] on her.

Question: Didn't R. Ze'ira say in the name of R. Yosi bar Chanina, and R. Ba citing R. Chiya citing R. Yochanan, "Lo Sechanem" - do not give to them grace (praise them)?!

Answer: Did he say it like praise?! He said only she'Kach Bara Beriyos Na'os b'Olamo, for even if one saw a beautiful camel, a beautiful horse, or a beautiful donkey, he says Baruch she'Bara Beriyos Na'os b'Olamo!

Question: Is it R. Gamliel's way to look at women?!

Answer: It was a crooked path, like a corner (e.g. he was going north, and she was going west, and suddenly she entered the intersection) and he looked at her unwillingly.

If the rooster crowed, he says Baruch Chacham ha'Razim - "Mi Shas ba'Tuchos Chachmah [Oh Mi Nasan la'Sechvi Vinah]";

(R. Levi): In Araviya they call a sheep Yuvala - "v'Hayah bi'Mshoch b'Keren ha'Yovel." In Africa they call a Nidah Galmudah - "va'Ani Shechulah v'Galmudah." In Romi they call a rooster Sechvi - "Oh Mi Nasan la'Sechvi Vinah."

(Beraisa): If one sees a multitude of Yisre'elim, he says "Baruch Chacham ha'Razim." Just like their faces do not resemble each other, their minds do not resemble each other.

When Ben Zoma would see a multitude in Yerushalayim, he would say "blessed is He Who created all of these [people] to serve me";

How much did Adam ha'Rishon toil until he ate a slice of bread! He plowed, planted, weeded, hoed, reaped, made piles, threshed, winnowed, selected, grinded, sifted, kneaded, [arranged loaves] and put water on them, and baked, and afterwards he ate a slice. I stand in the morning, and find all of these in front of me!

See how much Adam ha'Rishon toiled until he found a cloak to wear! He sheared, cleaned, unraveled, spun, wove, laundered and sewed, and afterwards he found a cloak to wear. I stand in the morning, and find all of these prepared in front of me!

How many craftsmen rise early and stay [at work] until night, and I stand in the morning, and find all of these in front of me!

And so Ben Zoma used to say - a bad guest, what does he say? "What did I eat from my host? What did I drink from my host? I ate one piece of his [meat], I drank one cup of his wine. All the exertion that he exerted was for his wife and children!"

However, a good guest says "blessed is the Ba'al ha'Bayis! The Ba'al ha'Bayis should be remembered for the good! He brought so much wine in front of me, he brought so many pieces in front of me. How much exertion he toiled in front of me. All his exertion that he exerted was only for me!

And so it says "Zechor Ki Sasgi Pa'alo Asher Shoreru Anashim."