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# The text of Birchat Ilanot is ברוך אתה ה׳ אלוקינו מלך העולם שלא חיסר בעולמו כלום וברא בו בריות טובות ואילנות טובות ליהנות בהם בני אדם. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 226:1. See further: [[Text of Brachot#Birchat Ilanot]].</ref> | # The text of Birchat Ilanot is ברוך אתה ה׳ אלוקינו מלך העולם שלא חיסר בעולמו כלום וברא בו בריות טובות ואילנות טובות ליהנות בהם בני אדם. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 226:1. See further: [[Text of Brachot#Birchat Ilanot]].</ref> | ||
==Who is obligated?== | ==Who is obligated?== | ||
# Men are obligated to recite the Birchat Ilanot.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 226:1, Gemara [[Berachot]] 43b</ref> | # Men are obligated to recite the Birchat Ilanot.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 226:1, Gemara [[Berachot]] 43b</ref> However, the obligation to recite such a bracha is only if you see the trees flowering should you recite the bracha but not that you have to go and find them. However, it is a pious practice to do so.<ref>Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:190</ref> | ||
# Although there is a discussion if women are obligated since it could theoretically be considered a time-bound mitzvah, nonetheless, the poskim hold that women may recite | # Although there is a discussion if women are obligated since it could theoretically be considered a time-bound mitzvah, nonetheless, the poskim hold that women may recite Birchat Ilanot. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 226:2), Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 10), Nitei Gavriel ([[Pesach]] 7:6), Har Tzvi 1:118, Tzitz Eliezer 12:25, Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:190. </ref> | ||
==Timing== | ==Timing== | ||
