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* Someone who was sick and was healed | * Someone who was sick and was healed | ||
* Someone who traveled at sea | * Someone who traveled at sea | ||
* Someone who traveled in the desert. <Ref> | * Someone who traveled in the desert. <Ref>The Gemara (Brachot 54b) states that the four people who are obligated to say the Bracha of HaGomel are one who was freed from jail, one who was sick and was healed, one who travel at sea, and one who traveled in the desert. The Gemara 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). The acronym for this in hebrew is Chayim. The Rambam (Brachot 10:8), S”A 219:1, and Kitzur S"A 61:1 codify this as halacha. </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> | # 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> Mishnah Brurah 219:3 </ref> | # One who has been saved from multiple forms of danger only recites the bracha once. <ref> Mishnah Brurah 219:3 </ref> | ||
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# Preferably HaGomel should be said within 3 days. If it can’t be done within 3 days it should be said within 30 days, and if it can’t be said in 30 says it should be said whenever one wants. <Ref>S”A 219:6, Mishna Brurah 219:20, Kitzur S"A 61:2. See Piskei Teshuvot 219:4 who writes there’s a minhag who are lenient to wait until [[Shabbat]] to say HaGomel at the Torah. </ref> | # Preferably HaGomel should be said within 3 days. If it can’t be done within 3 days it should be said within 30 days, and if it can’t be said in 30 says it should be said whenever one wants. <Ref>S”A 219:6, Mishna Brurah 219:20, Kitzur S"A 61:2. See Piskei Teshuvot 219:4 who writes there’s a minhag who are lenient to wait until [[Shabbat]] to say HaGomel at the Torah. </ref> | ||
# It’s preferable to say Birkat HaGomel within 3 days even if one will not be able to say it at a Kriyat HaTorah (in front of the Torah) rather than wait to say it later at a Kriyat HaTorah. <ref>Magan Avraham 219:6, Mishna Brurah 219:20 </ref> | # It’s preferable to say Birkat HaGomel within 3 days even if one will not be able to say it at a Kriyat HaTorah (in front of the Torah) rather than wait to say it later at a Kriyat HaTorah. <ref>Magan Avraham 219:6, Mishna Brurah 219:20 </ref> | ||
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# The Bracha of HaGomel was established to be said before a minyan, preferably with two Talmediei Chachamim, and if there’s no minyan available one may not make HaGomel but rather should wait to find one. <Ref>S”A 219:3, Buir Halacha D”H VeYesh Omerim, Shoneh Halachot 219:2, Piskei Teshuvot 219:15, Kitzur S"A 61:2 based on the pasuk in tehillim 107:32. Mishna Brura 219:6 allows the one reciting the beracha to be included in the ten. </ref> | ==Procedure of Birchat HaGomel== | ||
# The Bracha of HaGomel was established to be said before a minyan, preferably with two Talmediei Chachamim, and if there’s no minyan available one may not make HaGomel but rather should wait to find one. <Ref>Rambam (Brachot 10:8), S”A 219:3, Buir Halacha D”H VeYesh Omerim, Shoneh Halachot 219:2, Piskei Teshuvot 219:15, Kitzur S"A 61:2 based on the pasuk in tehillim 107:32. Mishna Brura 219:6 allows the one reciting the beracha to be included in the ten. </ref> | |||
# The minhag is to say HaGomel after Kriyat HaTorah in front of the Torah. <ref>Mishna Brurah 219:2 </ref> | # The minhag is to say HaGomel after Kriyat HaTorah in front of the Torah. <ref>Mishna Brurah 219:2 </ref> | ||
# Those who hear the Birchat HaGomel being made should answer "שגמלך טוב הוא יגמלך סלה", which means "Hashem who bestowed upon you this good, shoudl continue to bestow upon you other good tidings". <ref>Rambam (Brachot 10:8)</ref> | |||
==Women== | ==Women== | ||
