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==For what trips should one say Tefillat HaDerech?== | ==For what trips should one say Tefillat HaDerech?== | ||
# <div id="forwhichtrips"></div> According to some poskim, one should recite Tefillat HaDerech only if he is nervous about the trip. <Ref>R' Joseph B. Soloveitchik, R' Hershel Schachter in [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/799793/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Daily_Halacha_Chabura_#21 Daily Halacha Chabura #21 (5:25)]. </ref> Other poskim maintain that one should recite it regardless of whether he is nervous. <Ref>R' Yaakov Kamenetsky, quoted by Rabbi Schachter | # <div id="forwhichtrips"></div> According to some poskim, one should recite Tefillat HaDerech only if he is nervous about the trip. <Ref>R' Joseph B. Soloveitchik, R' Hershel Schachter in [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/799793/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Daily_Halacha_Chabura_#21 Daily Halacha Chabura #21 (5:25)]. </ref> Other poskim maintain that one should recite it regardless of whether he is nervous. <Ref>R' Yaakov Kamenetsky, quoted by Rabbi Schachter [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/799793/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Daily_Halacha_Chabura_#21 Daily Halacha Chabura #21 (5:25)] </ref> | ||
#Ashkenazim hold that when one travels a distance of 8000 [[Amot]] from one city to another city, one recites Tefillat HaDerech only if there’s no city within 16,000 [[amot]] along the path one is traveling. If there’s a continuous line of cities along the way within 16,000 [[Amot]] from the city where one departed one should say Tefillat HaDerech without Hashem’s name in the Bracha. <Ref>Beiur Halacha 110:7 s.v. VeEin says that if there’s a city with 8000 [[Amot]] along the way one shouldn’t say Tefillat HaDerech. Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]] 21:7) writes that one is only obligated in Tefillat HaDerech if one travels in an area that there’s no city for 16,000 [[Amot]]. He adds that we calculate the trip by distance and not time. [[Tefillah]] KeHilchata 27:26 rules that in order to make the Bracha at the conclusion it must be a trip the distance of 4.7 km (based on the Chazon Ish’s measure of the [[Amah]]). </ref> | #Ashkenazim hold that when one travels a distance of 8000 [[Amot]] from one city to another city, one recites Tefillat HaDerech only if there’s no city within 16,000 [[amot]] along the path one is traveling. If there’s a continuous line of cities along the way within 16,000 [[Amot]] from the city where one departed one should say Tefillat HaDerech without Hashem’s name in the Bracha. <Ref>Beiur Halacha 110:7 s.v. VeEin says that if there’s a city with 8000 [[Amot]] along the way one shouldn’t say Tefillat HaDerech. Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]] 21:7) writes that one is only obligated in Tefillat HaDerech if one travels in an area that there’s no city for 16,000 [[Amot]]. He adds that we calculate the trip by distance and not time. [[Tefillah]] KeHilchata 27:26 rules that in order to make the Bracha at the conclusion it must be a trip the distance of 4.7 km (based on the Chazon Ish’s measure of the [[Amah]]). </ref> | ||
## The distance is measured according to the distance it takes to travel the roads even if the road isn’t straight and not according to the shortest most direct line. <Ref>Eshel Avraham MeButchach 110, Tehillat LeDavid 110:4, Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]], chap 21, note 7, pg 253), Piskei Teshuvot 110:8 </ref> | ## The distance is measured according to the distance it takes to travel the roads even if the road isn’t straight and not according to the shortest most direct line. <Ref>Eshel Avraham MeButchach 110, Tehillat LeDavid 110:4, Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]], chap 21, note 7, pg 253), Piskei Teshuvot 110:8 </ref> | ||
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# When one departs from one’s friend one should leave him with a halacha. <Ref>Gemara [[Brachot]] 31a, Shaarei [[Teshuva]] 110:6 </ref> | # When one departs from one’s friend one should leave him with a halacha. <Ref>Gemara [[Brachot]] 31a, Shaarei [[Teshuva]] 110:6 </ref> | ||
# When one departs from a friend one should say “לך לשלום” (go in peace) and not לך בשלום. <Ref>The Gemara [[Brachot]] 64a notes that Dovid HaMelech told Avshalom, "לך בשלום", and he eventually died, hung on a tree from his hair; Yitro told Moshe, "לך לשלום", and he succeeded. The Gemara concludes that when one parts from a friend one should say “לך לשלום” and not "לך בשלום". This is codified as halacha by the Mishna Brurah 110:17 and Kitzur S"A 68:6.</ref> | # When one departs from a friend one should say “לך לשלום” (go in peace) and not לך בשלום. <Ref>The Gemara [[Brachot]] 64a notes that Dovid HaMelech told Avshalom, "לך בשלום", and he eventually died, hung on a tree from his hair; Yitro told Moshe, "לך לשלום", and he succeeded. The Gemara concludes that when one parts from a friend one should say “לך לשלום” and not "לך בשלום". This is codified as halacha by the Mishna Brurah 110:17 and Kitzur S"A 68:6.</ref> | ||
# One should give [[Tzedaka]] before departing <ref> Kitzur | # One should give [[Tzedaka]] before departing <ref> Kitzur S"A 68:6. The Passuk in Tehillim 85:14 says: צֶ֭דֶק לְפָנָ֣יו יְהַלֵּ֑ךְ וְיָשֵׂ֖ם לְדֶ֣רֶךְ פְּעָמָֽיו. </ref>. | ||
# One should try to have several people escort him during the beginning of his journey; the person who is escorting him must stay in place until the person is out of sight <ref> | # One should try to have several people escort him during the beginning of his journey; the person who is escorting him must stay in place until the person is out of sight <ref> Kitzur S"A 68:6 </ref>. | ||
# One should say each day some Tehillim with intent and humility. One should bring bread with him, even if he isn't going far. One should take an extra pair of [[tzitzit]]. One shouldn't eat too much when he is traveling. <ref> | # One should say each day some Tehillim with intent and humility. One should bring bread with him, even if he isn't going far. One should take an extra pair of [[tzitzit]]. One shouldn't eat too much when he is traveling. <ref> Kitzur S"A 68:6 </ref> | ||
# There are Halachos related to saying a [[Shemoneh Esrei]] sitting. See [[Shemoneh_Esrei#Davening_sitting|Davening Sitting]]. | # There are Halachos related to saying a [[Shemoneh Esrei]] sitting. See [[Shemoneh_Esrei#Davening_sitting|Davening Sitting]]. | ||
