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==How it should be said==
==How it should be said==
# It’s 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’s preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur and S”A 110:4. </ref>
# It’s 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’s preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur and S”A 110:4. </ref>
# It’s preferable to stop the car to make the Bracha, however, if it’s dangerous or it will disturb one’s concentration if one stops one may say it while traveling. <Ref>S”A 110:4, Mishna Brurah 110:22, 23, Halacha Brurah 110:11 </ref> Additionally, if one is traveling by public transportation one can say it while in travel and it’s preferable to say it standing. <Ref>Ishei Yisrael 50:2, Halacha Brurah 110:11 </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’s preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur and S”A 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, and Tefillah KeHilchata 27:27 rule similarly. </ref>
# It’s preferable to stop the car to make the Bracha, however, if it’s dangerous or it will disturb one’s concentration if one stops, one may say it while traveling. <Ref>S”A 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 Shemona Esreh prior to leaving. <Ref>Tefillah KeHilchata (chap 27 note 80) in name of Rav Sheinburg says that if one will not be able to stop and one may can’t say it while driving because of safety and lack of kavana one should say it in the Shomeh Tefillah of the Shemona Esreh prior to leaving. </ref>
# It’s preferable that each person say it themselves but the strict law permits one to day and it and others to fulfill their obligation. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 110:3 </ref>
# It’s preferable that each person say it themselves but the strict law permits one to day and it and others to fulfill their obligation. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 110:3 </ref>
==How often is it said==
==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>S”A 110:5, Ishei Yisrael 50:3 </ref>
# 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>S”A 110:5, Ishei Yisrael 50:3 </ref>

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What and when

  1. Someone who goes on a trip the distance of a Parsa (8000 Amot) whether it’s 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]

Distance traveled

  1. According to Ashkenazim as long as the distance traveled is 3.84 kilameters then one should make the Bracha, however, according to Sephardim one should only make it for a travel of 72 minutes. [3]

When to say it

  1. Preferably it should be said within the first Parsa but after the fact can be said as long as there’s a parsa of travel left. [4]
  2. 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’s impossible then one should make Tefillat HaDerech without any Bracha beforehand. [5]
  3. The Bracha should be made once one left the extension of the city (70 Amot and a bit) and if one made it while one was still in the city, after the fact, one fulfilled the obligation. [6]

How it should be said

  1. It’s proper to stand still when saying Tefillat HaDerech, however, if one is unable to one may say it while walking. [7]
  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. [8]
  3. It’s preferable to stop the car to make the Bracha, however, if it’s dangerous or it will disturb one’s concentration if one stops, one may say it while traveling. [9] 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 Shemona Esreh prior to leaving. [10]
  4. It’s preferable that each person say it themselves but the strict law permits one to day and it and others to fulfill their obligation. [11]

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. [12]
  2. If one continues to travel the next day another Tefillat HaDerech is needed unless one non-stopped traveled through the night (without stopping for a Shinat Kevah). [13]

References

  1. ↑ S”A 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 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’s traveling by car can add the phrase “VeTatsileynu MeTeunot Derachim” (may we be saved from a car accident).
  2. ↑ Gemara Brachot 29b, S”A 110:4. Text from Yalkut Yosef (Tefillah vol 2, 110:2)
  3. ↑ 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 Yabea Omer 1:13 writes that Sephardim follow the time of it takes to walk a mil which is established to be 72 minutes.
  4. ↑ S”A and Rama 110:7, Ishei Yisrael 50:7
  5. ↑ Mishna Brurah 110:28, Ishei Yisrael 50:5
  6. ↑ Mishna Brurah 110:29
  7. ↑ 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’s preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur and S”A 110:4.
  8. ↑ 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’s preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur and S”A 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, and Tefillah KeHilchata 27:27 rule similarly.
  9. ↑ S”A 110:4, Mishna Brurah 110:22, 23, Halacha Brurah 110:11
  10. ↑ Tefillah KeHilchata (chap 27 note 80) in name of Rav Sheinburg says that if one will not be able to stop and one may can’t say it while driving because of safety and lack of kavana one should say it in the Shomeh Tefillah of the Shemona Esreh prior to leaving.
  11. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 110:3
  12. ↑ S”A 110:5, Ishei Yisrael 50:3
  13. ↑ Mishna Brurah 110:26 , Ishei Yisrael 50:4
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