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#According to many, a child is not required to recite this bracha until he reaches the age of Bar Mitzvah.<ref>M.B. 219:3. Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen (Children in Halacha page 23)</ref> Some say that even a child should say this bracha if he reaches the age of ''chinuch''.<ref>Reb Akiva Eiger O.C. 219 quotes one opinion that a child should make this bracha. Ben Ish Chay Parshat Eikev Shana 1 Halacha 4 also says one should make this bracha. If there is no common custom, then in deference to those who argue, he recommends saying the bracha without the Name of God.</ref> | #According to many, a child is not required to recite this bracha until he reaches the age of Bar Mitzvah.<ref>M.B. 219:3. Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen (Children in Halacha page 23)</ref> Some say that even a child should say this bracha if he reaches the age of ''chinuch''.<ref>Reb Akiva Eiger O.C. 219 quotes one opinion that a child should make this bracha. Ben Ish Chay Parshat Eikev Shana 1 Halacha 4 also says one should make this bracha. If there is no common custom, then in deference to those who argue, he recommends saying the bracha without the Name of God.</ref> | ||
==Events that Obligate One to Recite | ==Events that Obligate One to Recite Birkat HaGomel== | ||
#The four people who are obligated to make the Bracha are | #The four people who are obligated to make the Bracha are | ||
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#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>Magen 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>Magen Avraham 219:6, Mishna Brurah 219:20 </ref> | ||
==Procedure of | ==Procedure of Birkat 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, Beiur Halacha s.v. VeYesh Omerim, Shoneh Halachot 219:2, Piskei Teshuvot 219:15, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 61:2 based on the pasuk in tehillim 107:32, Hazon Ovadia Page 342. Mishna Brurah 219:6 allows the one reciting the beracha to be included in the ten. See [[Halachot_Related_to_Coronavirus#Birkat_HaGomel]] regarding reciting HaGomel with a "Zoom Minyan"</ref> | #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, Beiur Halacha s.v. VeYesh Omerim, Shoneh Halachot 219:2, Piskei Teshuvot 219:15, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 61:2 based on the pasuk in tehillim 107:32, Hazon Ovadia Page 342. Mishna Brurah 219:6 allows the one reciting the beracha to be included in the ten. See [[Halachot_Related_to_Coronavirus#Birkat_HaGomel]] regarding reciting HaGomel with a "Zoom Minyan"</ref> | ||
