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# 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> | # 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 1:118, Tzitz Eliezer 12:25. </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. Sedei Chemed Berachot 2:1 and Kaf hachayim 126:1 both rule that one should not say the beracha before or after nissan. Nitai Gavriel (Pesach 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, Aruch Hashulchan 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. Sedei Chemed Berachot 2:1 and Kaf hachayim 126:1 both rule that one should not say the beracha before or after nissan. Nitai Gavriel (Pesach 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, Aruch Hashulchan 226:1. </ref> | ||
