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==Yaaleh Vyavo in [[Shemona Esreh]]==
==Obligation and Text==
===Chol HaMoed===
# Someone who goes on a trip whether by foot, car, train, or airplane should say Tefillat HaDerech. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 110:7 writes that one only makes the bracha for a distance of a parsa (which Mishna Brurah 110:31 explains is 8000 [[Amot]]). Mishna Brurah 110:30 writes that one should make the bracha for riding a train. Piskei Teshuvot 110:2 writes that one makes the bracha for travel when traveling by car, train, boat, or airplane. Ishei Yisrael 50:2 writes that whether one is walking or driving one makes the bracha. Ishei Yisrael 50:1 quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman saying that one who is traveling by car can add the phrase “VeTatsileynu MeTeunot Derachim” (may we be saved from a car accident). </ref>  
# On Chol HaMoed one should insert Yaaleh VeYavo during the Bracha of Avoda (Retzeh) in [[Shemona Esreh]]. If one forgot to say Yaaleh VeYavo in [[Shemona Esreh]], if one remembered before concluding [[Shemona Esreh]] (with Yeyihu LeRatzon) one should return to Retzeh and continue from there. However, if one only remembered after finishing [[Shemona Esreh]] one must repeat [[Shemona Esreh]]. <ref>Tefillah KeHilchato 23:106 </ref>
# One who travels on the path should say Tefillat HaDerech ([[prayer for traveling]]) with the following text:
===Rosh Chodesh===
''יהי רצון מלפניך ה' אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו שתוליכנו לשלום, ותצעידנו לשלום, ותסמכנו לשלום, [ואם חוזר בו ביום יוסיף: ותחזירנו לשלום] ותצילנו מכף כל אויב ואורב בדרך, ותשלח ברכה במעשי ידינו, ותתננו לחן לחסד ולרחמים בעיניך ובעיני כל רואינו, [כי אתה שומע תפלות עמך ישראל ברחמים] ברוך אתה ה' שומע תפלה'' . <ref>Gemara Brachot 29b, Shulchan Aruch 110:4. Text from Yalkut Yosef (Tefillah vol 2, 110:2). According to the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:1, the text is "ותתנני"; otherwise, everything else is in the plural. </ref>
# On Rosh Chodesh one should say Yaaleh VeYavo during Retzeh of [[Shemona Esreh]]. <ref> S"A 422:1 </ref>
# If one forgets Yaaleh VeYavo at Mariv/Arvit once one finished the Bracha of Retzeh (and all the more so if one finished [[Shemona Esreh]]) one doesn’t return to the Bracha or repeat [[Shemona Esreh]]. The same is true whether it is the first or second day of Rosh Chodesh. <Ref>Gemara Brachot 30b says that if one forgot Yaaleh VeYavo at Mariv/Arivt one shouldn’t repeat [[Shemona Esreh]] because the Bet Din doesn’t sanctify the moon during the night. The Gemara says that it doesn’t matter whether it’s the first or second day of Rosh Chodesh. This is codified in Tur and S”A 422:1. </ref>
## If one forgot to say Yaaleh VeYavo and remembered before Baruch Atta Hashem one should go back to Yaaleh VeYavo and continue from there. However if one remembers after Baruch Atta Hashem then one doesn’t go back. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 294:7, 422:2 </ref>
# If one forgot Yaaleh VeYavo in Shacharit or Mincha and remembers:
* before saying Baruch Atta Hashem one should return to Yaaleh VeYavo
* after saying Baruch Atta Hashem one conclude the Bracha with the words “Lamdeni Chukecha” and then return to Yaaleh VeYavo.
* after saying HaMachzir…LeTzion but didn’t begin Modim, one should say Yaaleh VeYavo right there and continue with Modim.
* after beginning Modim before Yeheu LeRatzon one should return to Retzah and continue from there. <ref> S”A 422:1, Mishna Brurah 422:5, Ishei Yisrael 39:18, See Igrot Moshe 4:93 </ref>
* after finishing [[Shemona Esreh]], repeat [[Shemona Esreh]]. <ref> S”A 422:1 </ref>
# If one forgot to say Yaaleh Veyavo in Shacharit and then remembers at the beginning of Mussaf (within first three Brachot) one should continue with Shacharit and then say Mussah. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 422:4 </ref>
# If one already said Mussaf, it’s a dispute and one should make a stipulation that if I’m obligated to say another Tefillah it should count as an obligatory Tefillah and if not it should be considered a nedavah. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 422:4 </ref>
# If someone is in doubt whether or not one said Yaaleh VeYavo then one should repeat [[Shemona Esreh]]. <ref> Mishna Brurah 422:10 </ref>
# If someone thought to say Yaaleh VeYavo before Davening and then a long time afterwards remembers vaguely then one is assumed to have fulfilled one’s obligation. <ref> Mishna Brurah 422:10 </ref>
# However, if one remembered immediately afterwards then we assume that one didn’t say Yaaleh VeYavo. <ref> Mishna Brurah 422:10 </ref>
# If one forgot to say Yaaleh VeYavo in Mincha of Rosh Chodesh and only remembers at night (after Rosh Chodesh) one should say two [[Shemona Esreh]]s of Maariv (without Yaaleh VeYavo) as Tashlumin and the second one should be said with a stipulation of being a voluntary prayer (if I’m obligated let this be a obligatory prayer and if not let it be a voluntary one). <ref>S”A 108:11, Mishna Brurah 108:33-34 </ref>


==Yaaleh VeYavo in Benching==
==What Kind of Trip Requires Tefillat HaDerech?==
===Rosh Chodesh===
# <div id="forwhichtrips"></div> According to some poskim, one should recite Tefillat HaDerech only if one is nervous about the trip. <Ref>R' Joseph B. Soloveitchik, R' Hershel Schachter in [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/799793/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Daily_Halacha_Chabura_#21 Daily Halacha Chabura #21 (5:25)]. </ref> Other poskim maintain that one should recite it regardless of whether one is nervous. <Ref>R' Yaakov Kamenetsky, quoted by Rabbi Schachter [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/799793/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Daily_Halacha_Chabura_#21 Daily Halacha Chabura #21 (5:25)] </ref>
# On Rosh Chodesh one should insert Yaaleh VeYavo in the middle of the third Bracha of Birkat HaMazon. <Ref>S”A 188:4, 5 </ref>
#Ashkenazim hold that when one travels a distance of 8000 [[Amot]] from one city to another city, one recites Tefillat HaDerech only if there is no city within 16,000 [[Amot]] along the path one is traveling. If there is a continuous line of cities along the way within 16,000 [[Amot]] from the city where one departed one should say Tefillat HaDerech without reciting Hashem’s name in the bracha. <Ref>Beiur Halacha 110:7 s.v. VeEin says that if there is a city with 8000 [[Amot]] along the way one should not say Tefillat HaDerech. Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]] 21:7) writes that one is only obligated in Tefillat HaDerech if one travels in an area in which there is no city for 16,000 [[Amot]]. He adds that we calculate the trip by distance and not time. Tefillah KeHilchata 27:26 rules that in order to make the bracha at the conclusion it must be a trip the distance of 4.7 km (based on the Chazon Ish’s measure of the [[Amah]]). </ref>  
# On Rosh chodesh in Birkat HaMazon if one forgot Yaaleh VeYavo and one realized:
## The distance is measured according to the distance it takes to travel the roads even if the road is not straight and not according to the shortest most direct line. <Ref>Eshel Avraham MeButchach 110, Tehillat LeDavid 110:4, Halichot Shlomo (Tefillah, chap 21, note 7, pg 253), Piskei Teshuvot 110:8 </ref>
## before saying Hashem’s name at the end of the third Bracha one should return to Yaaleh VeYavo and then continue from there. <ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 510) </ref>
# Sephardim hold that if one travels in a car, train, boat, airplane or any other mode of transportation if one travels 72 minutes from one city to another city then one says Tefillat HaDerech. <Ref>Halacha Brurah 110:16 based on Sh”t Yabia Omer 1:13, 6:48(9) </ref>
## after saying Hashem’s name but before saying Boneh Yerushalayim one should immediately say למדני חוקיך which is the conclusion of a פסוק in Tehillim and then return to Yaaleh Veyavo and continue from there. <ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 510) </ref>
## The distance is only counted between one city and the other. <Ref>Halacha Brurah 110:16 </ref>
## after finishing the third Bracha before starting the fourth Bracha one should insert a special Bracha ברוך אתה ה' אלקינו מלך העולם שנתן ראשי חדשים לעמו ישראל לזכרון. <Ref>S”A 188:7 writes that whether it’s by day or night if one remembers that one forgot Yaaleh VaYavo between the third and fourth Bracha should insert the special Bracha of ברוך שנתן ראשי חדשים לעמו ישראל לזכרון. Biur Halacha D”H Omer and Mishna Brurah 188:25 conclude that one should say אתה ה' אלקינו מלך העולם in the beginning of the Bracha.</ref>
## Even if there are cities or pit stops along the way, the Sephardic minhag is to say Tefillat HaDerech. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef ([[Tefilla]] vol 2, 110:2, pg 3) </ref>
## within the first six words of the fourth Bracha (ברוך אתה ה' אלקינו מלך העולם) one should continue with the special Bracha (שנתן...) mentioned in the last option. <ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 515) </ref>
==Distance Traveled==
## after one said the seventh word in the fourth Bracha one should continue and not repeat Birkat Hamazon. <Ref>S”A 188:7 writes that one doesn’t need to repeat Birkat HaMazon if one forgot Yaaleh VeYavo on Rosh Chodesh because there’s no obligation to have a bread meal on Rosh Chodesh. </ref>
# According to Ashkenazim as long as the distance traveled is 3.84 kilometers then one should make the bracha, however, according to Sephardim one should only make it for a travel of 72 minutes. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 110:8 writes that according to Rav Chaim Noeh the measurement is 3.84 km and according to the Chazon Ish 4.6km. Sh”t Yabia Omer 1:13 writes that Sephardim follow the time it takes to walk a [[mil]] which is established to be 72 minutes. </ref>
===Yom Tov===
==When Should One Say Tefillat HaDerech?==
# On Yom Tov one should insert Yaaleh VeYavo in the middle of the third Bracha of Birkat HaMazon. <Ref>S”A 188:4,5 </ref>
# One should preferably say it within the first 8000 [[Amot]] of the trip. <Ref>Rama 110:7, Ishei Yisrael 50:7, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:1 </ref>However, if one did not, as long as there are 8000 [[Amot]] left in the trip one may say Tefillat HaDerech. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 110:7, Ishei Yisrael 50:7 </ref>
# If one forgot Yaaleh VeYavo and one realized:
# One should not say Tefillat HaDerech until one leaves the city and a bit more than 70 [[Amot]] from the city. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 110:7 writes that one should not say Tefillat HaDerech until one is on the way. Mishna Brurah 110:29 adds that one should not say while one is in the extension of the city which is a bit more than 70 [[Amot]]. </ref> If one made the bracha while one was still in the city, after the fact, one is considered to have fulfilled the obligation. <ref>Mishna Brurah 110:29 </ref>
## before saying Hashem’s name at the end of the third Bracha one should return to Yaaleh VeYavo and then continue from there. <ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 510) </ref>
# Tefillat HaDerech should be said right after a bracha such as a [[Bracha Achrona]] or [[Asher Yatzer]] so as to connect a bracha beginning with Baruch to Tefillat HaDerech, if it is impossible then one should make Tefillat HaDerech without any bracha beforehand. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 110:28, Ishei Yisrael 50:5.  Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:3 writes that if you are traveling before [[prayers]], then you should ideally recite it after the beracha of "[[gomel]] chasadim tovim liamo yisrael." </ref>
## after saying Hashem’s name but before saying Boneh Yerushalayim one should immediately say למדני חוקיך which is the conclusion of a פסוק in Tehillim and then return to Yaaleh Veyavo and continue from there. <ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 510) </ref>
# One who needs to travel on [[Shabbat]] for a medical emergency should say Tefillat HaDerech. <Ref>Tefillah KeHilchata 27:30 based on Sh”t Besel haChachma 5:41 </ref>
## after finishing the third Bracha before starting the fourth Bracha one should insert a special Bracha ברוך אתה ה' אלקינו מלך העולם שנתן ימים טובים לעמו ישראל לששון ולשמחה את יום חג (פלוני) הזה ברוך אתה ה' מקדש ישראל והזמנים. . <ref>S”A 188:6 </ref>
## within the first six words of the fourth Bracha (ברוך אתה ה' אלקינו מלך העולם) one should continue with the special Bracha (שנתן...) mentioned in the last option. <ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 515) </ref>
## after one said the seventh word in the fourth Bracha one must repeat Birkat HaMazon. <Ref> S”A 188:6 writes that on Yom Tov if one forgot to say Yaaleh VeYavo in Birkat HaMazon one must repeat Birkat HaMazon. Mishna Brurah 188:26 quotes Magan Avraham who says that this only applies to the nighttime meal and first daytime meal but the second daytime meal one doesn’t have to repeat Birkat HaMazon. </ref>
===Chol HaMoed===
# On Chol HaMoed one should insert Yaaleh VeYavo in the middle of the third Bracha of Birkat HaMazon. <Ref>S”A 188:4,5 </ref>
# If one forgot Yaaleh VeYavo and one realized:
## before saying Hashem’s name at the end of the third Bracha one should return to Yaaleh VeYavo and then continue from there. <ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 510) </ref>
## after saying Hashem’s name but before saying Boneh Yerushalayim one should immediately say למדני חוקיך which is the conclusion of a פסוק in Tehillim and then return to Yaaleh Veyavo and continue from there. <ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 510) </ref>
## after finishing the third Bracha before starting the fourth Bracha one should insert a special Brachaברוך אתה ה' אלקינו מלך העולם שנתן מועדים לעמו ישראל לששון ולשמחה את יום חג  (פלוני) הזה </ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 513) writes that the special Bracha to insert on Chol HaMoed is ברוך אתה ה' אלקינו מלך העולם שנתן מועדים לעמו ישראל לששון ולשמחה את יום חג. (פלוני) הזה. This is based on Mishna Brurah 188:27 who writes that the special Bracha of Chol HaMoed doesn’t have a conclusion like the Bracha of Rosh Chodesh. </ref>
## within the first six words of the fourth Bracha (ברוך אתה ה' אלקינו מלך העולם) one should continue with the special Bracha (שנתן...) mentioned in the last option. <ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 515) </ref>
## after one said the seventh word in the fourth Bracha one should continue and not repeat Birkat Hamazon. <Ref> S”A 188:7 writes that one doesn’t need to repeat Birkat HaMazon if one forgot Yaaleh VeYavo on Chol HaMoed because there’s no obligation to have a bread meal on Chol HaMoed. </ref>
===If meal extended after sunset===
# If the meal extended until after sunset on Yom Tov, Chol Hamoed, or Rosh Chodesh and one has to insert the special Bracha between the third and fourth Bracha this special Bracha should be said without Shem UMalchut meaning one should just say ברוך שנתן…<ref>Halachos of Brachos (pg 511) based on Biur Halacha 188:10 D”H mazkir, Kesot HaShulchan 47:3 </ref>
===A woman who forgot Yaaleh VeYavo in Birkat HaMazon===
# A woman who forgot Yaaleh VeYavo in benching should not repeat benching except on the first night of Sukkot and Pesach. <Ref> Sh”T Rabbi Akiva Eiger 1 says that women aren’t obligated in a meal on Yom Tov and so they don’t repeat benching if they forgot Yaaleh VeYavo. However, Sh”t Matat Yado MeHaTorah 21, Sh”t Sheilat Yacov 97, Pitchei Teshuva 529, and Sdei Chemed (Yom Tov 2:10) write that women would repeat benching either because the meal is an absolute chiyuv (as it seems from Tosfot HaRosh Brachot 49b) or because it’s voluntary fulfillment of the mitzvah. Nonetheless, Sh”t Yabea Omer 6:18, Sh”t Bear Moshe 3:38, and Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 5:18 write that because of Safek Brachot, a women doesn’t repeat benching like the Rabbi Akiva Eiger. Everyone agrees (Sh”t Rabbi Akiva Eiger) that on the first night of sukkot and Pesach, women are obligated in the meal and would have to repeat benching if they forgot Yaale VeYavo.  </ref>


==References==
==How it Should Be Said==
# It is proper to stand still when saying Tefillat HaDerech, however, if one is unable to one may say it while walking. <Ref>In Gemara Brachot 30a Rav Sheshet says that one may say it walking while Rav Chisda says one should say it only standing. The Rif (Brachot 20b) rules that it is preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur, Shulchan Aruch 110:4 </ref>
# If one is on a bus or train (or public transportation) and one is able to stand to say Tefillat HaDerech one should do so, otherwise one may say it seated. <Ref> In Gemara Brachot 30a Rav Sheshet says that one may say it walking while Rav Chisda says one should say it only standing. The Rif (Brachot 20b) rules that it is preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur and Shulchan Aruch 110:4. Mishna Brurah 110:22 writes that if one if standing still will cause one not to be able to have concentration one may say it while walking or seated. Halacha Brurah 110:11, Ishei Yisrael 50:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:4, and Tefillah KeHilchata 27:27 rule similarly. Beer Moshe 7:114:2 writes that in a car and plane one should initially say it sitting since one can't stand.</ref>
# It is preferable to stop the car to make the bracha, however, if it is dangerous or it will disturb one’s concentration if one stops, one may say it while traveling. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 110:4, Mishna Brurah 110:22, 23, Halacha Brurah 110:11 </ref> Some say that because of lack of safety in saying Tefillat HaDerech while driving and lack of kavana (proper intent) one may say it in the Shomeh [[Tefillah]] of the [[Shmoneh Esrei]] prior to leaving. <Ref>Tefillah KeHilchata (chap 27 note 80) in name of Rav Scheinberg says that if one will not be able to stop and one cannot say it while driving because of a safety hazard and lack of kavana one should say it in the Shomeh [[Tefillah]] of the [[Shmoneh Esrei]] prior to leaving. </ref>
# It is preferable that each person say it themselves but the strict law permits one to say it and others to fulfill their obligation by hearing it. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 110:3 </ref>
# Although the [[prayer]] should be recited in the plural, one nevertheless fulfills one's obligation by reciting it in the singular. <ref> Mishna Brurah 110:18 </ref>
 
==How Often Is it Said==
# Tefillat HaDerech covers one’s travels for the entire day and night until [[Olot HaShachar]] unless one had in mind to complete one’s travels and then changed one’s mind to travel. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 110:5, Ishei Yisrael 50:3, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:5 </ref>
# If one continues to travel the next day another Tefillat HaDerech is needed unless one traveled non-stop through the night (without stopping for a Shinat Kevah). <ref>Mishna Brurah 110:26 , Ishei Yisrael 50:4. See Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:5, who holds that if one embarks on a journey which lasts more than a day and night--and this includes if one sleeps on the journey in an unsettled place--one repeats the Tefillat Haderech each day, while concluding without a bracha. </ref>
 
==Halachos of Traveling==
# When traveling one should learn Torah but not learn Torah in depth so that one is not too distracted, however, if one is riding in a carriage and someone else is leading the horses one may even learn in depth. <Ref>Magen Avraham 110:10 </ref>
# When one departs from one’s friend one should leave him with a halacha. <Ref>Gemara Brachot 31a, Shaarei Teshuva 110:6 </ref>
# When one departs from a friend  one should say “לך לשלום” and not לך בשלום. <Ref>The Gemara Brachot 64a notes that Dovid HaMelech told Avshalom, "לך בשלום", and he eventually died, hung on a tree from his hair; Yitro told Moshe, "לך לשלום", and he succeeded. The Gemara concludes that when one parts from a friend one should say “לך לשלום” and not "לך בשלום". This is codified as halacha by the Mishna Brurah 110:17 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:6.</ref>
# One should give [[Tzedaka]] before departing <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:6. The Passuk in Tehillim 85:14 says: צֶ֭דֶק לְפָנָ֣יו יְהַלֵּ֑ךְ וְיָשֵׂ֖ם לְדֶ֣רֶךְ פְּעָמָֽיו. </ref>.
# One should try to have several people escort one for the beginning of one's journey; the person who is escorting one must stay in place until the person is out of sight <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:6 </ref>.
# One should say each day some Tehillim with intent and humility. One should bring bread with one, even if one is not going far. One should take an extra pair of [[tzitzit]]. One should not eat too much when one is traveling. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:6 </ref>
# There are Halachos related to saying [[Shmoneh Esrei]] sitting. See [[Shemoneh_Esrei#Davening_sitting|Davening Sitting]].
 
==Questions and Answers==
# For which trips should one make tefillat haderech? [[Tefillat HaDerech#forwhichtrips|see above]]
 
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Obligation and Text

  1. Someone who goes on a trip whether by foot, car, train, or airplane should say Tefillat HaDerech. [1]
  2. One who travels on the path should say Tefillat HaDerech (prayer for traveling) with the following text:

יהי רצון מלפניך ה' אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו שתוליכנו לשלום, ותצעידנו לשלום, ותסמכנו לשלום, [ואם חוזר בו ביום יוסיף: ותחזירנו לשלום] ותצילנו מכף כל אויב ואורב בדרך, ותשלח ברכה במעשי ידינו, ותתננו לחן לחסד ולרחמים בעיניך ובעיני כל רואינו, [כי אתה שומע תפלות עמך ישראל ברחמים] ברוך אתה ה' שומע תפלה . [2]

What Kind of Trip Requires Tefillat HaDerech?

  1. According to some poskim, one should recite Tefillat HaDerech only if one is nervous about the trip. [3] Other poskim maintain that one should recite it regardless of whether one is nervous. [4]
  2. Ashkenazim hold that when one travels a distance of 8000 Amot from one city to another city, one recites Tefillat HaDerech only if there is no city within 16,000 Amot along the path one is traveling. If there is a continuous line of cities along the way within 16,000 Amot from the city where one departed one should say Tefillat HaDerech without reciting Hashem’s name in the bracha. [5]
    1. The distance is measured according to the distance it takes to travel the roads even if the road is not straight and not according to the shortest most direct line. [6]
  3. Sephardim hold that if one travels in a car, train, boat, airplane or any other mode of transportation if one travels 72 minutes from one city to another city then one says Tefillat HaDerech. [7]
    1. The distance is only counted between one city and the other. [8]
    2. Even if there are cities or pit stops along the way, the Sephardic minhag is to say Tefillat HaDerech. [9]

Distance Traveled

  1. According to Ashkenazim as long as the distance traveled is 3.84 kilometers then one should make the bracha, however, according to Sephardim one should only make it for a travel of 72 minutes. [10]

When Should One Say Tefillat HaDerech?

  1. One should preferably say it within the first 8000 Amot of the trip. [11]However, if one did not, as long as there are 8000 Amot left in the trip one may say Tefillat HaDerech. [12]
  2. One should not say Tefillat HaDerech until one leaves the city and a bit more than 70 Amot from the city. [13] If one made the bracha while one was still in the city, after the fact, one is considered to have fulfilled the obligation. [14]
  3. Tefillat HaDerech should be said right after a bracha such as a Bracha Achrona or Asher Yatzer so as to connect a bracha beginning with Baruch to Tefillat HaDerech, if it is impossible then one should make Tefillat HaDerech without any bracha beforehand. [15]
  4. One who needs to travel on Shabbat for a medical emergency should say Tefillat HaDerech. [16]

How it Should Be Said

  1. It is proper to stand still when saying Tefillat HaDerech, however, if one is unable to one may say it while walking. [17]
  2. If one is on a bus or train (or public transportation) and one is able to stand to say Tefillat HaDerech one should do so, otherwise one may say it seated. [18]
  3. It is preferable to stop the car to make the bracha, however, if it is dangerous or it will disturb one’s concentration if one stops, one may say it while traveling. [19] Some say that because of lack of safety in saying Tefillat HaDerech while driving and lack of kavana (proper intent) one may say it in the Shomeh Tefillah of the Shmoneh Esrei prior to leaving. [20]
  4. It is preferable that each person say it themselves but the strict law permits one to say it and others to fulfill their obligation by hearing it. [21]
  5. Although the prayer should be recited in the plural, one nevertheless fulfills one's obligation by reciting it in the singular. [22]

How Often Is it Said

  1. Tefillat HaDerech covers one’s travels for the entire day and night until Olot HaShachar unless one had in mind to complete one’s travels and then changed one’s mind to travel. [23]
  2. If one continues to travel the next day another Tefillat HaDerech is needed unless one traveled non-stop through the night (without stopping for a Shinat Kevah). [24]

Halachos of Traveling

  1. When traveling one should learn Torah but not learn Torah in depth so that one is not too distracted, however, if one is riding in a carriage and someone else is leading the horses one may even learn in depth. [25]
  2. When one departs from one’s friend one should leave him with a halacha. [26]
  3. When one departs from a friend one should say “לך לשלום” and not לך בשלום. [27]
  4. One should give Tzedaka before departing [28].
  5. One should try to have several people escort one for the beginning of one's journey; the person who is escorting one must stay in place until the person is out of sight [29].
  6. One should say each day some Tehillim with intent and humility. One should bring bread with one, even if one is not going far. One should take an extra pair of tzitzit. One should not eat too much when one is traveling. [30]
  7. There are Halachos related to saying Shmoneh Esrei sitting. See Davening Sitting.

Questions and Answers

  1. For which trips should one make tefillat haderech? see above

Sources

  1. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 110:7 writes that one only makes the bracha for a distance of a parsa (which Mishna Brurah 110:31 explains is 8000 Amot). Mishna Brurah 110:30 writes that one should make the bracha for riding a train. Piskei Teshuvot 110:2 writes that one makes the bracha for travel when traveling by car, train, boat, or airplane. Ishei Yisrael 50:2 writes that whether one is walking or driving one makes the bracha. Ishei Yisrael 50:1 quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman saying that one who is traveling by car can add the phrase “VeTatsileynu MeTeunot Derachim” (may we be saved from a car accident).
  2. ↑ Gemara Brachot 29b, Shulchan Aruch 110:4. Text from Yalkut Yosef (Tefillah vol 2, 110:2). According to the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:1, the text is "ותתנני"; otherwise, everything else is in the plural.
  3. ↑ R' Joseph B. Soloveitchik, R' Hershel Schachter in Daily Halacha Chabura #21 (5:25).
  4. ↑ R' Yaakov Kamenetsky, quoted by Rabbi Schachter Daily Halacha Chabura #21 (5:25)
  5. ↑ Beiur Halacha 110:7 s.v. VeEin says that if there is a city with 8000 Amot along the way one should not say Tefillat HaDerech. Halichot Shlomo (Tefillah 21:7) writes that one is only obligated in Tefillat HaDerech if one travels in an area in which there is no city for 16,000 Amot. He adds that we calculate the trip by distance and not time. Tefillah KeHilchata 27:26 rules that in order to make the bracha at the conclusion it must be a trip the distance of 4.7 km (based on the Chazon Ish’s measure of the Amah).
  6. ↑ Eshel Avraham MeButchach 110, Tehillat LeDavid 110:4, Halichot Shlomo (Tefillah, chap 21, note 7, pg 253), Piskei Teshuvot 110:8
  7. ↑ Halacha Brurah 110:16 based on Sh”t Yabia Omer 1:13, 6:48(9)
  8. ↑ Halacha Brurah 110:16
  9. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Tefilla vol 2, 110:2, pg 3)
  10. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 110:8 writes that according to Rav Chaim Noeh the measurement is 3.84 km and according to the Chazon Ish 4.6km. Sh”t Yabia Omer 1:13 writes that Sephardim follow the time it takes to walk a mil which is established to be 72 minutes.
  11. ↑ Rama 110:7, Ishei Yisrael 50:7, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:1
  12. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 110:7, Ishei Yisrael 50:7
  13. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 110:7 writes that one should not say Tefillat HaDerech until one is on the way. Mishna Brurah 110:29 adds that one should not say while one is in the extension of the city which is a bit more than 70 Amot.
  14. ↑ Mishna Brurah 110:29
  15. ↑ Mishna Brurah 110:28, Ishei Yisrael 50:5. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:3 writes that if you are traveling before prayers, then you should ideally recite it after the beracha of "gomel chasadim tovim liamo yisrael."
  16. ↑ Tefillah KeHilchata 27:30 based on Sh”t Besel haChachma 5:41
  17. ↑ In Gemara Brachot 30a Rav Sheshet says that one may say it walking while Rav Chisda says one should say it only standing. The Rif (Brachot 20b) rules that it is preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur, Shulchan Aruch 110:4
  18. ↑ In Gemara Brachot 30a Rav Sheshet says that one may say it walking while Rav Chisda says one should say it only standing. The Rif (Brachot 20b) rules that it is preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur and Shulchan Aruch 110:4. Mishna Brurah 110:22 writes that if one if standing still will cause one not to be able to have concentration one may say it while walking or seated. Halacha Brurah 110:11, Ishei Yisrael 50:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:4, and Tefillah KeHilchata 27:27 rule similarly. Beer Moshe 7:114:2 writes that in a car and plane one should initially say it sitting since one can't stand.
  19. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 110:4, Mishna Brurah 110:22, 23, Halacha Brurah 110:11
  20. ↑ Tefillah KeHilchata (chap 27 note 80) in name of Rav Scheinberg says that if one will not be able to stop and one cannot say it while driving because of a safety hazard and lack of kavana one should say it in the Shomeh Tefillah of the Shmoneh Esrei prior to leaving.
  21. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 110:3
  22. ↑ Mishna Brurah 110:18
  23. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 110:5, Ishei Yisrael 50:3, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:5
  24. ↑ Mishna Brurah 110:26 , Ishei Yisrael 50:4. See Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:5, who holds that if one embarks on a journey which lasts more than a day and night--and this includes if one sleeps on the journey in an unsettled place--one repeats the Tefillat Haderech each day, while concluding without a bracha.
  25. ↑ Magen Avraham 110:10
  26. ↑ Gemara Brachot 31a, Shaarei Teshuva 110:6
  27. ↑ The Gemara Brachot 64a notes that Dovid HaMelech told Avshalom, "לך בשלום", and he eventually died, hung on a tree from his hair; Yitro told Moshe, "לך לשלום", and he succeeded. The Gemara concludes that when one parts from a friend one should say “לך לשלום” and not "לך בשלום". This is codified as halacha by the Mishna Brurah 110:17 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:6.
  28. ↑ Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:6. The Passuk in Tehillim 85:14 says: צֶ֭דֶק לְפָנָ֣יו יְהַלֵּ֑ךְ וְיָשֵׂ֖ם לְדֶ֣רֶךְ פְּעָמָֽיו.
  29. ↑ Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:6
  30. ↑ Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 68:6
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