Thanksgiving Meal
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Question
Hello, Parents whose son has undergone surgery successfully and recovered, is there an obligation or significance to hold a public thanksgiving celebration, and is there a source in the words of our sages to do or not to do so?
Answer
Hello
There is significance in this, and it is called a mitzvah meal, but it is not obligatory.
Source
Responsa Chavot Yair, Siman 70
Certainly, it is a mitzvah meal, etc., and it also seems to me that it is a meal made by the one who experienced the miracle.
Pri Megadim, Orach Chaim, Mishbetzot Zahav, Siman 444, Se'if Katan 9
And a meal made for someone who experienced a miracle or donates a Torah scroll and holy vessels is a mitzvah.
Chayei Adam (Klal 149, Se'if 41).