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==Distance traveled== | ==Distance traveled== | ||
# According to Ashkenazim as long as the distance traveled is 3.84 kilameters then one should make the Bracha, however, according to Sephardim one should only make it for a travel of 72 minutes. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 110:8 writes that according to Rav Chaim Noeh the measurement is 3.84 km and according to the Chazon Ish 4.6km. Sh”t Yabea Omer 1:13 writes that Sephardim follow the time of it takes to walk a mil which is established to be 72 minutes. </ref> | # According to Ashkenazim as long as the distance traveled is 3.84 kilameters then one should make the Bracha, however, according to Sephardim one should only make it for a travel of 72 minutes. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 110:8 writes that according to Rav Chaim Noeh the measurement is 3.84 km and according to the Chazon Ish 4.6km. Sh”t Yabea Omer 1:13 writes that Sephardim follow the time of it takes to walk a mil which is established to be 72 minutes. </ref> | ||
==When | ==When should one say Tefillat HaDerech?== | ||
# | # One should preferably say it within the first 8000 Amot of the trip. <Ref>Rama 110:7, Ishei Yisrael 50:7 </ref>However, if one didn’t as long as there is 8000 Amot left in the trip one may say Tefillat HaDerech. <Ref>S”A 110:7, Ishei Yisrael 50:7 </ref> | ||
# One shouldn’t say Tefillat HaDerech until one leaves the city and a bit more than 70 Amot from the city. <Ref>S”A 110:7 writes that one shouldn’t say Tefillat HaDerech until one is on the way. Mishna Brurah 110:29 adds that one shouldn’t say while one is in the extension of the city which is a bit more than 70 amot. </ref> If one made it while one was still in the city, after the fact, one fulfilled the obligation. <ref>Mishna Brurah 110:29 </ref> | |||
# Tefillat HaDerech should be said right after a Bracha such as a Bracha Achrona or Asher Yatzer so as to connect a Bracha beginning with Baruch to Tefillat HaDerech, if it’s impossible then one should make Tefillat HaDerech without any Bracha beforehand. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 110:28, Ishei Yisrael 50:5 </ref> | # Tefillat HaDerech should be said right after a Bracha such as a Bracha Achrona or Asher Yatzer so as to connect a Bracha beginning with Baruch to Tefillat HaDerech, if it’s impossible then one should make Tefillat HaDerech without any Bracha beforehand. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 110:28, Ishei Yisrael 50:5 </ref> | ||
# | # One who needs to travel on Shabbat for a medical emergency should say Tefillat HaDerech. <Ref>Tefillah KeHilchata 27:30 based on Sh”t Besel Chachma 5:41 </ref> | ||
==How it should be said== | ==How it should be said== | ||
# It’s proper to stand still when saying Tefillat HaDerech, however, if one is unable to one may say it while walking. <Ref>In Gemara Brachot 30a Rav Sheshet says that one may say it walking while Rav Chisda says one should say it only standing. The Rif (Brachot 20b) rules that it’s preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur and S”A 110:4. </ref> | # It’s proper to stand still when saying Tefillat HaDerech, however, if one is unable to one may say it while walking. <Ref>In Gemara Brachot 30a Rav Sheshet says that one may say it walking while Rav Chisda says one should say it only standing. The Rif (Brachot 20b) rules that it’s preferable to follow Rav Chisda. This is also the ruling of Rosh 4:18, Tur and S”A 110:4. </ref> | ||
