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# 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), Nitai 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), Nitai 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 only make the Bracha on a fruit tree and not a barren tree. <ref>Mishna Brurah 226:2 </ref>However, if one did make a Bracha on a barren tree one shouldn't make another Bracha upon seeing a free 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 did make a Bracha on a barren tree one shouldn't make another Bracha upon seeing a free tree.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 13), Shevet Halevi 6:53. </ref> | ||
# There’s who question 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’s not lechatchila but if there’s nothing else you can make the Bracha. </ref> | |||
==Who's obligated?== | ==Who's obligated?== | ||
# Woman may say the Bracha of Birkat Ilanot. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 226:2), Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 10), Nitai Gavriel (Pesach 7:6), Har Tzvi 118. </ref> | # Woman may say the Bracha of Birkat Ilanot. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 226:2), Chazon Ovadyah (Pesach pg 10), Nitai Gavriel (Pesach 7:6), Har Tzvi 118. </ref> | ||
