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# Women are also included in the mitzvah of Birchat Ilanot. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 226:2), Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 10) </ref> | # Women are also included in the mitzvah of Birchat Ilanot. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 226:2), Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 10) </ref> | ||
==Timing== | ==Timing== | ||
# It's preferable to say the Birchat Hailanot in Nissan, however, if one didn't make the bracha yet, one may make it even after Nissan, and after the fact one may also make the bracha before Nissan. <ref> The gemara Brachot 43b writes that one who sees the budding of trees in Nissan should make the Brichat Hailanot. Many Rishonim (including Ritva Rosh Hashana 11a, Sefer Eshkol pg 68) comment that this bracha is commonly made in Nissan but doesn't have to be. So rules the Mishna Brurah 226:1 that the bracha may be made in months other than Nissan. Rav Ovadyah Yosef in Sh"t Yechava Daat 1:1 and Chazon Ovadyah (pg 25) argues that it should be made starting in Nissan (and not Adar to be strict for the opinions of the Halachot Ketanot 2:28 and Chida in Birkei Yosef 226:2) and if one didn't see it, one should still say it in Iyar. </ref> Nonetheless, in places that the trees bud in Adar one may make the bracha in Adar. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah (pg 28), Mishna Brurah 226:1 </ref> | # It's preferable to say the Birchat Hailanot in Nissan, however, if one didn't make the bracha yet, one may make it even after Nissan, and after the fact one may also make the bracha before Nissan. <ref> The gemara Brachot 43b writes that one who sees the budding of trees in Nissan should make the Brichat Hailanot. Many Rishonim (including Ritva Rosh Hashana 11a, Sefer Eshkol pg 68) comment that this bracha is commonly made in Nissan but doesn't have to be. So rules the Mishna Brurah 226:1 that the bracha may be made in months other than Nissan. Rav Ovadyah Yosef in Sh"t Yechava Daat 1:1 and Chazon Ovadyah (pg 25) argues that it should be made starting in Nissan (and not Adar to be strict for the opinions of the Halachot Ketanot 2:28 and Chida in Birkei Yosef 226:2) and if one didn't see it, one should still say it in Iyar. Nitai Gavriel (Peasch 6:2) writes that it should be said in Nissan. </ref> Nonetheless, in places that the trees bud in Adar one may make the bracha in Adar. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah (pg 28), Mishna Brurah 226:1 </ref> | ||
# One may say Birchat HaIlanot even if one already saw a budding tree and didn’t make the Bracha. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 2:5), Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 24) </ref> | # One may say Birchat HaIlanot even if one already saw a budding tree and didn’t make the Bracha. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 2:5), Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 24) </ref> | ||
# If the tree's bud matured into fruits one may no longer make the Bracha however if some of the fruit begin to grow and some flowers and buds remain one may still say the Bracha. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 26-7). This is also implied by Mishna Brurah 226:4. </ref> | # If the tree's bud matured into fruits one may no longer make the Bracha however if some of the fruit begin to grow and some flowers and buds remain one may still say the Bracha. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 26-7). This is also implied by Mishna Brurah 226:4. </ref> | ||
# One may say Birchat HaIlanot even on Shabbat, yet it's preferable to make it during the week if one won't miss out on making it. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 20) </ref> | # One may say Birchat HaIlanot even on Shabbat, yet it's preferable to make it during the week if one won't miss out on making it. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 20). Nitai Gavriel (Pesach 6:9) writes that it may be made on Shabbat and Yom Tov. </ref> | ||
# One may say Birchat HaIlanot even at night if there's light and one can distinguish trees that are blooming. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 11), Tzitz Eliezer 12:20(6) </ref> | # One may say Birchat HaIlanot even at night if there's light and one can distinguish trees that are blooming. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 11), Tzitz Eliezer 12:20(6) </ref> | ||
==Procedure== | ==Procedure== | ||
