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==Procedure== | ==Procedure== | ||
# It's preferable to gather a [[minyan]] (10 people) in order to make the Bracha of | # It's preferable to gather a [[minyan]] (10 people) in order to make the Bracha of Birchat Ilanot. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 12), Nitei Gavriel ([[Pesach]] 6:14) </ref> | ||
# It's better for one person to say the Bracha out loud and everyone else to say it quietly to themselves. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 12) </ref> | # It's better for one person to say the Bracha out loud and everyone else to say it quietly to themselves. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 12) </ref> | ||
# A blind person | # A blind person cannot make Birchat Ilanot, however, it is proper to listen to the Shaliach Tzibbur make the Bracha. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 28) </ref> | ||
# One may make the Bracha even if one sees the tree through glasses | # One may make the Bracha even if one sees the tree through glasses(including sunglasses).<ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 29) </ref> | ||
#Preferably the | #Preferably the Bracha should be recited on trees located outside of the city. <ref> Chazon Ovadia page 8, Kaf Hachayim 226:3 quoting Lev Chayim 45. </ref> | ||
==How many trees?== | ==How many trees?== | ||
# 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, some argue 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. </ref> | # 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, some argue 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. </ref> | ||
