<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Driving a car in India where the rate of accidents and the drivers take ridiculous </span><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">risks (Isaac says that he would recite Tehillim, it was </span><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">so bad! and that he was scared) does not qualify to obligate one to Bentsch HaGomel, I think. </span><div>
<br></div><div>But Isaac, I think, is suggesting that there is no need to Bentsch HaGomel for the plane flight, as per Reb S and actuarial risk calculations; but there is a duty to Bentsch HaGomel after having driven on the road in India.<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">I dont think that is correct. As far as being scared is concerned, the Halacha will measure that by the average person's behaviour. Isaac says that Indians are not scared [they just die on the </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">roads, he says] well, it seems that Isaac was not scared enough, after all, he did opt to drive - he just took insurance by reciting Tehillim. </span></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">If there is a Machlokes about Bentsching HaGomel or not, for plane flights, I suspect it will circulate around the question of - do we look at this activity as a NORMAL activity as we see everyone flies, or do we deem it a specialised activity controlled exclusively by highly qualified and vetted pilots?</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I can't think of many people brave enough to get into a home made plane, even if it is built from a kit designed by an engineering company, even if they usually drive on the roads of India and even if they have a Tehillim firmly grasped in their white knuckled fist.<br clear="all">
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