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# 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 </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 </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 and Rav Moshe Feinstein as requiring a Bracha, and Minchat Yitzchak as arguing. 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 specifies that for Sephardim one must travel 72 minutes in order to make a Birkat Hagomel. </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 and Rav Moshe Feinstein as requiring a Bracha, and Minchat Yitzchak (2:47) as arguing. 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 specifies that for Sephardim one must travel 72 minutes in order to make a Birkat Hagomel. </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> 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> 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> 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> Yalkut Yosef (Brachot pg 583 and 758) </ref> | ||
