[Avodah] tfilat haderech and birchat hagomel

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Tue Jan 29 17:51:55 PST 2013


On 29/01/2013 5:54 PM, Rich, Joel wrote:
> OTOH IIRC  R' HShachter ( Nefesh Harav) says that R'YB Sdid not say tfilat haderech from Boston to NY because of it being a tfila bet tzara since the gemara mentions tfilat haderech right after
> it says someone  who is in a dangerous place says a tfila- and today there is no feeling of  danger.
> KT

Didn't RYBS get all upset at the idea that the chazakah of "tav lemeitav
tan du" is only valid in certain cultures, and not an eternal statement
on the nature of female humans?  So how is "kol hadrachim bechezkas
sakanah" different?

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