English: It was taught: R. Chiya bar Ba said, it is written “and it overlooks the face of the wasteland”; whoever goes up to the mountain of the wasteland and sees a small sieve-like spot in the Sea of Tiberias — that is Miriam’s well.
Type of Learning
Geographic midrash identifying the well’s resting place.
What Is Learned
Miriam’s well is said to be visible as a mark in the Kinneret from that height.