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==Which Trees Suit the Bracha Requirements?==
==Which Trees Suit the Bracha Requirements?==
# It is permissible to make a Bracha on a tree that was planted or guarded during Shemitta year. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 2:4) </ref>
# It is permissible to make a Bracha on a tree that was planted or guarded during Shemitta year. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 2:4) </ref>
# It is permissible to make a Bracha on a tree that is within 3 years of being planted even though it is considered Orlah. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 19), Dovev Meisharim 3:5 and Chelkat Yaakov 2:27. Divrei Malkiel 3:2 rules that if one is sure that it is an orlah tree then he shouldn't say the beracha on it. </ref>
# It is permissible to make a Bracha on a tree that is within 3 years of being planted even though it is considered Orlah. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 19), Dovev Meisharim 3:5 and Chelkat Yaakov 2:27. Divrei Malkiel 3:2 rules that if one is sure that it is an orlah tree then he shouldn't say the Bracha on it. </ref>
# One should not make the Bracha on a tree which was made from grafting two species, however, there is what to rely on to make the Bracha. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 15), Nitei Gavriel ([[Pesach]] 6:13). Yabia Omer 5:20, Sdei Chemed [[Berachot]] 2:7, Minchat Yitzchak 3:25:3, and Ben Ish Chai Parashat Reeh halacha 11 all say that its preferable not too as well.  </ref>
# One should not make the Bracha on a tree which was made from grafting two species, however, there is what to rely on to make the Bracha. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 15), Nitei Gavriel ([[Pesach]] 6:13). Yabia Omer 5:20, Sdei Chemed [[Brachot]] 2:7, Minchat Yitzchak 3:25:3, and Ben Ish Chai Parashat Reeh halacha 11 all say that its preferable not too as well.  </ref>
# One should only make the Bracha on a fruit tree and not a barren tree. <ref>Mishna Brurah 226:2 </ref>However, if one made a Bracha on a barren tree one shouldn't make another Bracha upon seeing a free bearing tree.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 13), [[Shevet Halevi]] 6:53. </ref>
# One should only make the Bracha on a fruit tree and not a barren tree. <ref>Mishna Brurah 226:2 </ref>However, if one made a Bracha on a barren tree one shouldn't make another Bracha upon seeing a free bearing tree.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 13), [[Shevet Halevi]] 6:53. </ref>
# It is questionable whether one may make a Bracha on a fruit tree which didn’t produce fruit this year. <Ref>Mishnat Yosef 1:60 writes that even if in this year there’s no fruit but it’s a fruit tree you can make the Bracha. However, LeHorot natan 5:8 and Maaseh Chemed (2 note 64) argue. Chemdat Avraham 2:10 says it is not lechatchila but if there’s nothing else you can make the Bracha. </ref>
# It is questionable whether one may make a Bracha on a fruit tree which did not produce fruit the year one makes the Bracha. <Ref>Mishnat Yosef 1:60 writes that even if in that year it does not carry fruit but it is however a fruit tree one may make the Bracha. However, LeHorot Natan 5:8 and Maaseh Chemed (2 note 64) disagree. Chemdat Avraham 2:10 says it is not lechatchila but if there is no other tree you can make the Bracha. </ref>


==Text of Bracha==
==Text of Bracha==