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* Someone who traveled at sea | * Someone who traveled at sea | ||
* Someone who traveled in the desert. <Ref>S”A 219:1 based on Gemara berachot 54b which 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) </ref> | * Someone who traveled in the desert. <Ref>S”A 219:1 based on Gemara berachot 54b which 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) </ref> | ||
# Some say that anyone who in near mortal danger such as someone saved from a wall collapsing, a loin attack, a goring ox, or a band of thieves at night, must make a Bracha. The ashkenazic minhag | # Some say that anyone who in near mortal danger such as someone saved from a wall collapsing, a loin 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> | ||
==For sickness== | ==For 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> S"A 219:8 Mishna Brurah 219:28 </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) </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> S"A 219:8 Mishna Brurah 219:28 </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) </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> | ||
==For traveling== | ==For traveling== | ||
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==Women== | ==Women== | ||
# The minhag is that women don’t make HaGomel however if a women who gave birth | # The minhag is that women don’t make HaGomel, however, if a women who gave birth happens to be in front of a minyan, she may say HaGomel. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 219:3, Halichot Shlomo 23:4, Vezot HaBracha (pg 158) </ref> | ||
==Listening to someone else say HaGomel== | ==Listening to someone else say HaGomel== | ||
# Someone who listens to someone else make HaGomel has fulfilled the obligation if one heard the entire Bracha. However, if the one making the Hagomel wasn’t obligated in the Bracha, someone who’s listening doesn’t fulfill the obligation unless one answers Amen. <Ref> S”A 219:4,5 </ref> | # Someone who listens to someone else make HaGomel has fulfilled the obligation if one heard the entire Bracha. However, if the one making the Hagomel wasn’t obligated in the Bracha, someone who’s listening doesn’t fulfill the obligation unless one answers Amen. <Ref> S”A 219:4,5 </ref> | ||
# Some are in doubt whether someone can fulfill the obligation of the person listening if the listener and the one making the Bracha have different reasons for obligation of the HaGomel. Rather, only someone who is obligated in HaGomel for the same reason should fulfill someone else’s obligation. <ref> Hagot Rabbi Akiva Eiger 219:5 leaves this question in doubt. Therefore this situation should be avoided (see Piskei Teshuvot 219 note 90). </ref> However, some argue that anyone who’s obligated in HaGomel can fulfill the obligation of someone else. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Otzer Dinim LeIsha pg 162-4) </ref> | # Some are in doubt whether someone can fulfill the obligation of the person listening if the listener and the one making the Bracha have different reasons for obligation of the HaGomel. Rather, only someone who is obligated in HaGomel for the same reason should fulfill someone else’s obligation. <ref> Hagot Rabbi Akiva Eiger 219:5 leaves this question in doubt. Therefore this situation should be avoided (see Piskei Teshuvot 219 note 90). </ref> However, some argue that anyone who’s obligated in HaGomel can fulfill the obligation of someone else. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Otzer Dinim LeIsha pg 162-4) </ref> | ||
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