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#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> | ||
#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> | ||
===Released from Jail=== | |||
#The Minhag Ashkenaz is not to make Birkat HaGomel for being let out of jail nowadays because of the lack of danger involved in staying in jail.<ref>Beiur Halacha 219 s.v. Chavush </ref> Nonetheless the Sephardic minhag is to make it for being let out of jail even if there was no danger in staying in jail.<ref>Kaf HaChaim 219:11, Piskei Teshuvot 219:6, Hazon Ovadia, Page 358 </ref> | |||
===Recovering from Sickness=== | ===Recovering from Sickness=== | ||
#For sickness that’s of potential mortal danger, Birkat HaGomel is required when healed. According to Ashkenazim, for sickness that’s non-mortal but confines a person to bed for 3 days or more requires a Brachat HaGomel when healed.<ref>Rama 219:8 Mishna Brurah 219:28. This is the opinion that the Tur 219 quotes from the Raavad. </ref> According to Sephardim, for any sickness which confines a person to bed for any amount of time requires Birkat HaGomel when healed.<ref>Taz 219:5, Yalkut Yosef ([[Brachot]] pg 583 and 758). This is the opinion that the Tur 219 quotes from Rambam. </ref> | #For sickness that’s of potential mortal danger, Birkat HaGomel is required when healed. According to Ashkenazim, for sickness that’s non-mortal but confines a person to bed for 3 days or more requires a Brachat HaGomel when healed.<ref>Rama 219:8 Mishna Brurah 219:28. This is the opinion that the Tur 219 quotes from the Raavad. </ref> According to Sephardim, for any sickness which confines a person to bed for any amount of time requires Birkat HaGomel when healed.<ref>Taz 219:5, Yalkut Yosef ([[Brachot]] pg 583 and 758), Hazon Ovadia, Page 371. This is the opinion that the Tur 219 quotes from Rambam. </ref> | ||
#A person who donated an organ does not say Birkat HaGomel with Hashem's name after healing from the surgery, however, one may say it without Hashem's name.<ref>Sh"t Tzitz Eliezer 10:23 </ref> | #A person who donated an organ does not say Birkat HaGomel with Hashem's name after healing from the surgery, however, one may say it without Hashem's name.<ref>Sh"t Tzitz Eliezer 10:23 </ref> | ||
===One Who Traveled at Sea=== | |||
# 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 bikat hagomel. <ref> Hazon Ovadia, Page 363 </ref> | |||
===Traveling From City to City=== | ===Traveling From City to City=== | ||
#Ashkenazim hold that no Bracha is made for traveling from city to city unless there’s a lot of wild animals or thieves. However, Sephardim hold that any travel from city to city obligates a Bracha if the trip was a Parsah (72 minutes).<ref>S”A 219:7, Yalkut Yosef 219:17. Ramban [[Berachot]] 54b says that one has to say hagomel for traveling the minimum distance, regardless of the extent of the danger involved because the Yerushalmi in [[Berachot]] 4:4 says all roads are assumed to be dangerous. Meiri on [[Berachot]] 54b quotes an opinion with which he himself disagrees that claims that it is only recited if one encountered serious danger during the traveling. Talmidei Rabbeinu Yona on the Dapei HaRif 43a on [[Berachot]] quote the custom of the French rabbis saying that one should only recite it when they travel on a dangerous road even if they don't encounter any trouble and this is quoted in Shulchan Aruch 219:7 as the practice of the germans and french. </ref> | #Ashkenazim hold that no Bracha is made for traveling from city to city unless there’s a lot of wild animals or thieves. However, Sephardim hold that any travel from city to city obligates a Bracha if the trip was a Parsah (72 minutes).<ref>S”A 219:7, Yalkut Yosef 219:17, Hazon Ovadia, Page 364. Ramban [[Berachot]] 54b says that one has to say hagomel for traveling the minimum distance, regardless of the extent of the danger involved because the Yerushalmi in [[Berachot]] 4:4 says all roads are assumed to be dangerous. Meiri on [[Berachot]] 54b quotes an opinion with which he himself disagrees that claims that it is only recited if one encountered serious danger during the traveling. Talmidei Rabbeinu Yona on the Dapei HaRif 43a on [[Berachot]] quote the custom of the French rabbis saying that one should only recite it when they travel on a dangerous road even if they don't encounter any trouble and this is quoted in Shulchan Aruch 219:7 as the practice of the germans and french. </ref> | ||
#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. [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. [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.</ref> | ||
==When HaGomel is Recited== | ==When HaGomel is Recited== | ||
