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	#The Ashkenazic minhag is that women don’t make hagomel <ref>Mishna Brurah 219:3, Sh"t Halachot Ketanot 2:161, Aruch Hashulchan 219:6, Sh"t Beer Moshe 4:22. see also Sh"t Teshuvot Vihanhagot 4:53. See also Iggerot Mosh 5:14 where argues with those who claim that she should say it in front of ten women and instead suggests saying it in front of one person. If she is married, it should be her husband. </ref> Sephardic women, however, do recite hagomel.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 219:7 (and [[Brachot]] p. 572), Sh"t Yechave Daat 4:14-15, Sh"t Yabia Omer 8:23:15, [http://halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=1833 HalachaYomit.co.il] write that women do recite Hagomel. Kaf Hachaim 219:3 writes that it should only be recited in front of ten male relatives and adds that if there aren't ten men, it should be recited without shem umalchut. See also Ben Ish Chai Parashat Ekev 65 </ref> A woman who has the custom to recite it should wait seven days after giving birth to do so.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 219:7 </ref>		#The Ashkenazic minhag is that women don’t make hagomel <ref>Mishna Brurah 219:3, Sh"t Halachot Ketanot 2:161, Aruch Hashulchan 219:6, Sh"t Beer Moshe 4:22. see also Sh"t Teshuvot Vihanhagot 4:53. See also Iggerot Mosh 5:14 where argues with those who claim that she should say it in front of ten women and instead suggests saying it in front of one person. If she is married, it should be her husband. </ref> Sephardic women, however, do recite hagomel.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 219:7 (and [[Brachot]] p. 572), Sh"t Yechave Daat 4:14-15, Sh"t Yabia Omer 8:23:15, [http://halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=1833 HalachaYomit.co.il] write that women do recite Hagomel. Kaf Hachaim 219:3 writes that it should only be recited in front of ten male relatives and adds that if there aren't ten men, it should be recited without shem umalchut. See also [https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%22%D7%97_%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91#%D7%94 Ben Ish Chai Shana Rishona Parashat Ekev §5] </ref> A woman who has the custom to recite it should wait seven days after giving birth to do so.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 219:7 </ref>
	#In a shul a woman can recite it from the women's section since it is under the same roof.<ref>Rav Ovadia Yosef in Yabia Omer OC 8:15:15 explains that although the women's section is usually a separate domain because of a partition that is ten tefachim tall and the minyan isn't in her presence, nonetheless, she can recite the bracha relying on the opinion of the Rabbenu Peretz (Hagahot Smak Eruvin 72) that it is considered one room since the mechitza doesn't reach the ceiling.</ref>		#In a shul a woman can recite it from the women's section since it is under the same roof.<ref>Rav Ovadia Yosef in Yabia Omer OC 8:15:15 explains that although the women's section is usually a separate domain because of a partition that is ten tefachim tall and the minyan isn't in her presence, nonetheless, she can recite the bracha relying on the opinion of the Rabbenu Peretz (Hagahot Smak Eruvin 72) that it is considered one room since the mechitza doesn't reach the ceiling.</ref>
	#According to Ashkenazim, if a women who gave birth happens to be in front of a [[minyan]] some say that she may say hagomel.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Halichot Shlomo 23:4 and Vezot HaBracha (pg 158). Torat HaYoledet 62:5 writes that the minhag of Yerushalayim is that a woman who gave birth recites hagomel in front of ten men, however, some have the minhag not to say hagomel since it requires a public declaration in front of a minyan.</ref>		#According to Ashkenazim, if a women who gave birth happens to be in front of a [[minyan]] some say that she may say hagomel.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Halichot Shlomo 23:4 and Vezot HaBracha (pg 158). Torat HaYoledet 62:5 writes that the minhag of Yerushalayim is that a woman who gave birth recites hagomel in front of ten men, however, some have the minhag not to say hagomel since it requires a public declaration in front of a minyan.</ref>

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	*[http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/Reciting%20Birkat%20Hagomel%20on%20Airplane%20Travel.htm Rabbi Jachter] quotes that Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's practice was only to recite it after airplane travel, if a serious incident occurred but that he said that whoever perceives airplane travel as dangerous should recite hagomel even if nothing happened. Tzitz Eliezer 11:14 rules that for a flight that travels over bodies of water it should be recited but not over a flight between cities within one country.</ref>		*[http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/Reciting%20Birkat%20Hagomel%20on%20Airplane%20Travel.htm Rabbi Jachter] quotes that Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's practice was only to recite it after airplane travel, if a serious incident occurred but that he said that whoever perceives airplane travel as dangerous should recite hagomel even if nothing happened. Tzitz Eliezer 11:14 rules that for a flight that travels over bodies of water it should be recited but not over a flight between cities within one country.</ref>
	#If a person was in a near car accident and was saved doesn't need to make a hagomel.<ref>Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:136 says that if you avoided a car accident you don't make a hagomel. See also 2:148. Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:20) agrees.</ref>		#If a person was in a near car accident and was saved doesn't need to make a hagomel.<ref>Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:136 says that if you avoided a car accident you don't make a hagomel. See also 2:148. Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:20) agrees.</ref>
	#If a person was in a car accident and was saved he should recite hagomel.<ref>Rav Moshe (Mesoret Moshe v. 3 p. 58)</ref>		#If a person was in a car accident and was saved he should recite hagomel.<ref>Rav Moshe (Mesoret Moshe v. 3 p. 58)</ref> According to Sephardim, he should not recite hagomel.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 219:28</ref>

	==When hagomel is Recited==		==When hagomel is Recited==

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	#Sephardim hold that one who swims in the sea, even the Sea of Galilee, which is near a residential area, and even if there is a lifeguard present, recites Birkat hagomel.<ref>Hazon Ovadia, Page 363 </ref> However, Ashkenazim hold that no bracha is recited.<ref>Ashrei Ha'ish 40:14</ref>		#Sephardim hold that one who swims in the sea, even the Sea of Galilee, which is near a residential area, and even if there is a lifeguard present, recites Birkat hagomel.<ref>Hazon Ovadia, Page 363 </ref> However, Ashkenazim hold that no bracha is recited.<ref>Ashrei Ha'ish 40:14</ref>
			#Someone who went in a boat to travel from one place to another, whether it was for work or a vacation, must recite hagomel, even if it was in a cruise or another large ship. However, if the boat ride was for less than 72 minutes or was close to shore so that he could see the shore the entire time he does not recite hagomel.<ref>Halacha Brurah 219:24</ref>

	=== Flying in an Airplane ===		=== Flying in an Airplane ===

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	# Many poskim hold that ~~if he flew in~~ an airplane over the ocean he should recite hagomel.<ref>Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:15), Tzitz Eliezer 11:14</ref>		# Many poskim hold that a person who flies an airplane over the ocean should recite hagomel.<ref>Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:15), Tzitz Eliezer 11:14</ref> Some say that the recites hagomel even if he flew over the ground and not an ocean.<ref>Rav Moshe Feinstein (Practical Halachos v. 2 p. 234, cited by Rabbi Cohen)</ref>

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	*[http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/Reciting%20Birkat%20Hagomel%20on%20Airplane%20Travel.htm Rabbi Jachter] quotes that Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's practice was only to recite it after airplane travel, if a serious incident occurred but that he said that whoever perceives airplane travel as dangerous should recite hagomel even if nothing happened. Tzitz Eliezer 11:14 rules that for a flight that travels over bodies of water it should be recited but not over a flight between cities within one country.</ref>		*[http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/Reciting%20Birkat%20Hagomel%20on%20Airplane%20Travel.htm Rabbi Jachter] quotes that Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's practice was only to recite it after airplane travel, if a serious incident occurred but that he said that whoever perceives airplane travel as dangerous should recite hagomel even if nothing happened. Tzitz Eliezer 11:14 rules that for a flight that travels over bodies of water it should be recited but not over a flight between cities within one country.</ref>
	#If a person was in a near car accident and was saved doesn't need to make a hagomel.<ref>Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:136 says that if you avoided a car accident you don't make a hagomel. See also 2:148. Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:20) agrees.</ref>		#If a person was in a near car accident and was saved doesn't need to make a hagomel.<ref>Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:136 says that if you avoided a car accident you don't make a hagomel. See also 2:148. Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:20) agrees.</ref>
			#If a person was in a car accident and was saved he should recite hagomel.<ref>Rav Moshe (Mesoret Moshe v. 3 p. 58)</ref>

	==When hagomel is Recited==		==When hagomel is Recited==

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	##Someone who traveled in the desert.<ref>The Gemara ([[Brachot]] 54b) states that the four people who are obligated to say the Bracha of HaGomel are one who was freed from jail, one who was sick and was healed, one who travel at sea, and one who traveled in the desert. The Gemara learns it from the pasuk in tehillim “They strayed in the wilderness, in the desolation of the road… Hungry as well as thirsty… They rise heavenward, they descend to the depths.” (Tehillim 107:4-5, 26). The acronym for this in hebrew is Chayim. The Rambam ([[Brachot]] 10:8), S”A 219:1, and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 61:1 codify this as halacha. </ref>		##Someone who traveled in the desert.<ref>The Gemara ([[Brachot]] 54b) states that the four people who are obligated to say the Bracha of HaGomel are one who was freed from jail, one who was sick and was healed, one who travel at sea, and one who traveled in the desert. The Gemara learns it from the pasuk in tehillim “They strayed in the wilderness, in the desolation of the road… Hungry as well as thirsty… They rise heavenward, they descend to the depths.” (Tehillim 107:4-5, 26). The acronym for this in hebrew is Chayim. The Rambam ([[Brachot]] 10:8), S”A 219:1, and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 61:1 codify this as halacha. </ref>
	#Some say that anyone who was in near mortal danger such as someone saved from a wall collapsing, a lion attack, a goring ox, or a band of thieves at night, must make a bracha. The ashkenazic minhag follows this opinion.<ref>S”A 219:9 quotes this opinion. Magen Avraham 219:10 and Mishna Brurah 219:32 write that the Ashkenazic minhag follows this opinion.</ref> For specific situations, see a posek.<ref>See also Piskei Teshuvot 218, Halichot Shlomo 23:1 </ref>		#Some say that anyone who was in near mortal danger such as someone saved from a wall collapsing, a lion attack, a goring ox, or a band of thieves at night, must make a bracha. The ashkenazic minhag follows this opinion.<ref>S”A 219:9 quotes this opinion. Magen Avraham 219:10 and Mishna Brurah 219:32 write that the Ashkenazic minhag follows this opinion.</ref> For specific situations, see a posek.<ref>See also Piskei Teshuvot 218, Halichot Shlomo 23:1 </ref>
	#Someone who was in danger because he was shot at but they missed, according to Ashkenazim, recites hagomel.<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 218:10 s.v. vchen</ref>		#Someone who was in danger because he was shot at but they missed, according to Ashkenazim, recites hagomel.<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 218:10 s.v. vchen</ref> Similarly, a soldier returning from war should recite hagomel, according to Ashkenazim.<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 218:10:2 s.v. vchen</ref>
	#One who has been saved from multiple forms of danger only recites the bracha once.<ref>Mishna Brurah 219:3 </ref>		#One who has been saved from multiple forms of danger only recites the bracha once.<ref>Mishna Brurah 219:3 </ref>

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	##Someone who traveled in the desert.<ref>The Gemara ([[Brachot]] 54b) states that the four people who are obligated to say the Bracha of HaGomel are one who was freed from jail, one who was sick and was healed, one who travel at sea, and one who traveled in the desert. The Gemara learns it from the pasuk in tehillim “They strayed in the wilderness, in the desolation of the road… Hungry as well as thirsty… They rise heavenward, they descend to the depths.” (Tehillim 107:4-5, 26). The acronym for this in hebrew is Chayim. The Rambam ([[Brachot]] 10:8), S”A 219:1, and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 61:1 codify this as halacha. </ref>		##Someone who traveled in the desert.<ref>The Gemara ([[Brachot]] 54b) states that the four people who are obligated to say the Bracha of HaGomel are one who was freed from jail, one who was sick and was healed, one who travel at sea, and one who traveled in the desert. The Gemara learns it from the pasuk in tehillim “They strayed in the wilderness, in the desolation of the road… Hungry as well as thirsty… They rise heavenward, they descend to the depths.” (Tehillim 107:4-5, 26). The acronym for this in hebrew is Chayim. The Rambam ([[Brachot]] 10:8), S”A 219:1, and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 61:1 codify this as halacha. </ref>
	#Some say that anyone who was in near mortal danger such as someone saved from a wall collapsing, a lion attack, a goring ox, or a band of thieves at night, must make a bracha. The ashkenazic minhag follows this opinion.<ref>S”A 219:9 quotes this opinion. Magen Avraham 219:10 and Mishna Brurah 219:32 write that the Ashkenazic minhag follows this opinion.</ref> For specific situations, see a posek.<ref>See also Piskei Teshuvot 218, Halichot Shlomo 23:1 </ref>		#Some say that anyone who was in near mortal danger such as someone saved from a wall collapsing, a lion attack, a goring ox, or a band of thieves at night, must make a bracha. The ashkenazic minhag follows this opinion.<ref>S”A 219:9 quotes this opinion. Magen Avraham 219:10 and Mishna Brurah 219:32 write that the Ashkenazic minhag follows this opinion.</ref> For specific situations, see a posek.<ref>See also Piskei Teshuvot 218, Halichot Shlomo 23:1 </ref>
			#Someone who was in danger because he was shot at but they missed, according to Ashkenazim, recites hagomel.<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 218:10 s.v. vchen</ref>
	#One who has been saved from multiple forms of danger only recites the bracha once.<ref>Mishna Brurah 219:3 </ref>		#One who has been saved from multiple forms of danger only recites the bracha once.<ref>Mishna Brurah 219:3 </ref>

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	#~~One~~ who swims in the sea, even the Sea of Galilee, which is near a residential area, and even if there is a lifeguard present, recites Birkat hagomel. <ref>Hazon Ovadia, Page 363 </ref>		#Sephardim hold that one who swims in the sea, even the Sea of Galilee, which is near a residential area, and even if there is a lifeguard present, recites Birkat hagomel.<ref>Hazon Ovadia, Page 363 </ref> However, Ashkenazim hold that no bracha is recited.<ref>Ashrei Ha'ish 40:14</ref>

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	#Some say not to make brachat hagomel for traveling on an airplane since it’s considered safe, however, many hold that hagomel is required and such is the minhag.<ref>*Vezot HaBracha pg 158 quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman (Halichot Shlomo [[Tefilla]] 23:5) and Rav Moshe Feinstein (Iggerot Moshe 2:59) as requiring a Bracha, and Minchat Yitzchak (2:47) as arguing. The Minchat Yitzchak's logic is that hagomel is only recited on dangers that are not taken on willingly. Sh"t Igrot Moshe 2:59, Sh"t Yechave Daat 2:26, and Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]] 23:5) hold that one should make Birkat Hagomel for traveling in an airplane. Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:15) holds that hagomel is only recited for flying over an ocean, but not flying over land. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2132 Rabbi Mansour on Dailyhalacha.com] concludes that for Sephardim one must travel 72 minutes in order to make a Birkat Hagomel and this is the ruling of Rav Ovadia Yosef in Yabia Omer 1:14 and Yechave Daat 2:26 and Rav Shmuel Pinchasi in Kuntres Vichol Hachaim page 34. Chacham Bentzion Abba Shaul in Or Litzion 2:14:43 says that this is only true with commercial flights where the passengers do not know each other, but in an army plane, helicopter or private plane where the passengers do know each other hagomel would not be recited.		#Some say not to make brachat hagomel for traveling on an airplane since it’s considered safe, however, many hold that hagomel is required and such is the minhag.<ref>*Vezot HaBracha pg 158 quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman (Halichot Shlomo [[Tefilla]] 23:5) and Rav Moshe Feinstein (Iggerot Moshe 2:59) as requiring a Bracha, and Minchat Yitzchak (2:47) as arguing. The Minchat Yitzchak's logic is that hagomel is only recited on dangers that are not taken on willingly. Sh"t Igrot Moshe 2:59, Sh"t Yechave Daat 2:26, and Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]] 23:5) hold that one should make Birkat Hagomel for traveling in an airplane. Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:15) holds that hagomel is only recited for flying over an ocean, but not flying over land. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2132 Rabbi Mansour on Dailyhalacha.com] concludes that for Sephardim one must travel 72 minutes in order to make a Birkat Hagomel and this is the ruling of Rav Ovadia Yosef in Yabia Omer 1:14 and Yechave Daat 2:26 and Rav Shmuel Pinchasi in Kuntres Vichol Hachaim page 34. Chacham Bentzion Abba Shaul in Or Litzion 2:14:43 says that this is only true with commercial flights where the passengers do not know each other, but in an army plane, helicopter or private plane where the passengers do know each other hagomel would not be recited.
	*[http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/Reciting%20Birkat%20Hagomel%20on%20Airplane%20Travel.htm Rabbi Jachter] quotes that Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's practice was only to recite it after airplane travel, if a serious incident occurred but that he said that whoever perceives airplane travel as dangerous should recite hagomel even if nothing happened. Tzitz Eliezer 11:14 rules that for a flight that travels over bodies of water it should be recited but not over a flight between cities within one country.</ref>		*[http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/Reciting%20Birkat%20Hagomel%20on%20Airplane%20Travel.htm Rabbi Jachter] quotes that Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's practice was only to recite it after airplane travel, if a serious incident occurred but that he said that whoever perceives airplane travel as dangerous should recite hagomel even if nothing happened. Tzitz Eliezer 11:14 rules that for a flight that travels over bodies of water it should be recited but not over a flight between cities within one country.</ref>
	#If a person was in a near car accident and was saved doesn't need to make a hagomel.<ref>Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:136 says that if you avoided a car accident you don't make a hagomel. See also 2:148.</ref>		#If a person was in a near car accident and was saved doesn't need to make a hagomel.<ref>Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:136 says that if you avoided a car accident you don't make a hagomel. See also 2:148. Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Ha'ish 40:20) agrees.</ref>

	==When hagomel is Recited==		==When hagomel is Recited==

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