[Avodah] Flight or Fight

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Micha Berger wrote:

> But in any case, traveling more than 3 parsah on Fri is a
> halachic problem.
>    Sukkah 44b
>    OC 149:1

(Tzarich lomar: OC 249:1)

Yes, technically you're correct. It is a halachic problem. But "the problem" stated there is the fear that when he arrives, they'll have to cook extra for this unexpected arrival. And for that reason, the Mechaber there explicitly says that if he wrote them in advance, so that they *are* expecting him and will have prepared for him, then there is no problem.

I have often wondered why Chazal don't seem to have been worried about delays or interruptions in the travel plans. Did no one's horse ever die while travelling on Erev Shabbos? Did no one encounter an unexpected river, or a bridge that had become unusable?

I did not see anything of this sort in the Mishna Brurah. Do any other poskim deal with such issues?

It is my opinion that nowadays, when telephones make it a simple matter to alert those at our distination about our travel plans, airline travel on Erev Shabbos afternoon is a gross violation of "the fifth chelek of Shulchan Aruch", but it NOT a violation of the first chelek.

Akiva Miller

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