For which illnesses must one recite HaGomel?
Synopsis
Central dispute: the Mechaber requires HaGomel for any illness that caused bedridden confinement, even without life-threatening danger. The Rema limits the obligation to life-threatening illness (makkah shel chalal), which is the Ashkenazi custom.
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