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==Women==
==Women==
# 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>  however some say that if a women who gave birth happens to be in front of a [[minyan]], she may say HaGomel. <ref> Halichot Shlomo 23:4, Vezot HaBracha (pg 158), see also Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 65:2</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 Yabea 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 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>
# 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>


==Listening to someone else say HaGomel==
==Listening to someone else say HaGomel==