Question I was on a bus in Eretz Yisroel, and suddenly a terrorist started to shoot bullets in the direction of the bus. Boruch Hashem , no one on the bus was injured, but at the moment, it certainly felt like we were hovering between life and death. All of us who were on that bus have the following question: Should we recite Birkas Hagomel  because we were potentially in great danger, or perhaps because no one was actually hurt we are not meant to recite this brocha ? Also,

Question I am a convert of many years and have the following question. Before I was born, my non-Jewish father was hiking in a forest in Canada when he was attacked by a frenzied grizzly bear. My father miraculously escaped, and this experience led him to become more spiritually inclined, which in turn influenced our family and ultimately led me to convert to Judaism. The attack occurred in a national park and was an anomaly, as it is generally considered quite safe there. My