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==How many trees are needed to be able to make Birchat Ilanot?== | ==How many trees are needed to be able to make Birchat Ilanot?== | ||
# Some poskim hold that one should only make the Bracha upon seeing two fruit trees. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 13-5 note 9), Sh"t Tzitz Eliezer 12:20(6) </ref> However, many poskim hold that one may make the Bracha even on one tree. <ref>Nitei Gavriel ([[Pesach]] 6:11) writes that according to the strict law one may make [[Birchat Ilanot]] on one tree. Kaf Hachaim 226:2 and Teshuvot Vihanhagot 1:191 agree. [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=57967 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Vayhakel Pekudei 5778 min 18-25] explained that the strict law is that one can recite the birchat ilanot on one tree and if it will cause bitul torah or the like one may recite the bracha on one tree.</ref> | # Some poskim hold that one should only make the Bracha upon seeing two fruit trees. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 13-5 note 9), Sh"t Tzitz Eliezer 12:20(6). Halachot Ketanot 2:28 writes that one can only recite the bracha when seeing two trees. </ref> However, many poskim hold that one may make the Bracha even on one tree. <ref>Nitei Gavriel ([[Pesach]] 6:11) writes that according to the strict law one may make [[Birchat Ilanot]] on one tree. Betzel Chachma 6:36:6, Kaf Hachaim 226:2, and Teshuvot Vihanhagot 1:191 agree. [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=57967 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Vayhakel Pekudei 5778 min 18-25] explained that the strict law is that one can recite the birchat ilanot on one tree and if it will cause bitul torah or the like one may recite the bracha on one tree.</ref> | ||
# It's sufficient to have two trees of the same type but it is preferable to have at least two different types of trees. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 14), Halachot Ketanot 2:28. Kaf Hachayim 226:2 says also that it does not need to be 2 separate types. </ref> | # It's sufficient to have two trees of the same type but it is preferable to have at least two different types of trees. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 14), Halachot Ketanot 2:28. Kaf Hachayim 226:2 says also that it does not need to be 2 separate types. </ref> | ||
