Travel & Transportation

Guidelines for reciting Tefilat Haderech: who, when, and how.

Boarding a plane soon? Learn how and when to pray, eat, and do everything else as a Jew.

Known as Tefilat Haderech (“Prayer for the Way”), the traveler’s prayer is a single paragraph that we say when setting out on a journey.

Question: I will be away from home for some days of Chanukah. Do I need to light a menorah of my own, or will the menorahs kindled by my wife and kids back home “cover” me as well? Response: Let’s say you would be staying at a Jewish home. Your family bac...

A collection of laws that pertain to traveling. Studying while traveling, praying while traveling the Traveler’s Prayer, and more.

Being a passenger on a seafaring vessel on Shabbat per se does not present a problem, provided that the ship is owned Practically speaking, this would preclude joining a cruise owned by an Israeli company if it will extend over Shabbat. and maintained by ...

So you've decided to spend Passover away from home... Here are some tips and halachic guidelines to help you be at home with Passover even while on foreign turf.

Rochel Question: Why is it that Jews give a coin to someone who is traveling? Is the traveler supposed to return the coin when they return? Answer: Our sages tell us "An emissary to do a mitzvah isn't harmed." The exception to this rule is if the emissary...

Yes, there is a prayer recited wherein we ask G‑d to grant us a safe and uneventful journey. Click here for the text of the prayer. See our Traveler's Companion for the laws and customs associated with this brief prayer. Some other tips for drawing specia...

A Halachic guide and handbook for the Jewish traveler