<div dir="ltr"><<<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Since it is not the risk that determines HaGomel, any risk is intolerable</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">if the activity is beyond the range of what is deemed normal. So the fact</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">that many people would be scared to climb the upper scaffolding of the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sydney Harbour Bridge notwithstanding their being tethered, crosses the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Halachic barrier and prompts the Beracha of HaGomel.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Those who live in Peru cross rope bridges as a regular event, it is well</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">within what is deemed normal and they are not scared.>></span><div>
<font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">What is described is the prohibition of "ve nizhartem mi-nafshotechem"</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">not necessarily the same as Hagomel<br clear="all">
</font><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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