As you well know my parents live near the Shaarei Shomayim synagogue in North York, which was hit by gunfire late Friday night. Since our family and grandchildren were invited that night and we did hear the shots from far, do we have to recite Hagomel?
Should we give a kiddush as Seudat Hodaah?
What is Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion?
A. Since they were not directly involved in the danger, no Hagomel should be recited. See question 10 – "When is one required to recite Birchas Hagomel."
See also questions 5158, 1696 and others.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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