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# One should only make the Bracha on a fruit tree and not a barren tree.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 60:1, Mishna Brurah 226:2, Halachot Ketanot 2:28 </ref> However, if one made a Bracha on a barren tree one shouldn't make another Bracha upon seeing a free bearing tree.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 13), [[Shevet Halevi]] 6:53. Lehorot Natan 5:8 writes that there's no proof that really one can't recite the bracha upon a nice barren tree but nonetheless the halacha follows the Mishna Brurah.</ref> | # One should only make the Bracha on a fruit tree and not a barren tree.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 60:1, Mishna Brurah 226:2, Halachot Ketanot 2:28 </ref> However, if one made a Bracha on a barren tree one shouldn't make another Bracha upon seeing a free bearing tree.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 13), [[Shevet Halevi]] 6:53. Lehorot Natan 5:8 writes that there's no proof that really one can't recite the bracha upon a nice barren tree but nonetheless the halacha follows the Mishna Brurah.</ref> | ||
# It is questionable whether one may make a Bracha on a fruit tree which did not produce fruit the year one makes the Bracha. <Ref>Mishnat Yosef 1:60 writes that even if in that year it does not carry fruit but it is however a fruit tree one may make the Bracha. However, LeHorot Natan 5:8 and Maaseh Chemed (2 note 64) disagree. Chemdat Avraham 2:10 says it is not lechatchila but if there is no other tree you can make the Bracha. </ref> | # It is questionable whether one may make a Bracha on a fruit tree which did not produce fruit the year one makes the Bracha. <Ref>Mishnat Yosef 1:60 writes that even if in that year it does not carry fruit but it is however a fruit tree one may make the Bracha. However, LeHorot Natan 5:8 and Maaseh Chemed (2 note 64) disagree. Chemdat Avraham 2:10 says it is not lechatchila but if there is no other tree you can make the Bracha. </ref> | ||
#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 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). 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> | |||
==Text of Bracha== | ==Text of Bracha== | ||
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# If one forgot the words "Shelo Chiser Bolamo Klum" he still fulfilled his obligation.<Ref>Ateret Paz Birkat Hailanot p. 159 writes that if one forgot the words "Shelo Chiser Bolamo Klum" he still fulfilled his obligation. He quotes the Shevet Hakehati OC 6:133 who explains that the Kesef Mishna Brachot ch. 1 holds that as long as one said the correct concept of the bracha even if he changed some of the text he fulfilled his obligation. As long as he said shem, malchut, and the idea of the bracha he fulfilled his obligation.</ref> | # If one forgot the words "Shelo Chiser Bolamo Klum" he still fulfilled his obligation.<Ref>Ateret Paz Birkat Hailanot p. 159 writes that if one forgot the words "Shelo Chiser Bolamo Klum" he still fulfilled his obligation. He quotes the Shevet Hakehati OC 6:133 who explains that the Kesef Mishna Brachot ch. 1 holds that as long as one said the correct concept of the bracha even if he changed some of the text he fulfilled his obligation. As long as he said shem, malchut, and the idea of the bracha he fulfilled his obligation.</ref> | ||
==Who is | ==Who is Obligated?== | ||
# Men are obligated to recite the Birchat Ilanot.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 226:1, Gemara [[Berachot]] 43b</ref> However, the obligation to recite such a bracha is only if you see the trees flowering should you recite the bracha but not that you have to go and find them. However, it is a pious practice to do so.<ref>Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:190</ref> | # Men are obligated to recite the Birchat Ilanot.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 226:1, Gemara [[Berachot]] 43b</ref> However, the obligation to recite such a bracha is only if you see the trees flowering should you recite the bracha but not that you have to go and find them. However, it is a pious practice to do so.<ref>Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:190</ref> | ||
# Although there is a discussion if women are obligated since it could theoretically be considered a time-bound mitzvah, nonetheless, the poskim hold that women may recite Birchat Ilanot.<ref> Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 226:2), Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 10), Nitei Gavriel ([[Pesach]] 7:6), Har Tzvi 1:118, Tzitz Eliezer 12:25, Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:190. </ref> | # Although there is a discussion if women are obligated since it could theoretically be considered a time-bound mitzvah, nonetheless, the poskim hold that women may recite Birchat Ilanot.<ref> Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 226:2), Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 10), Nitei Gavriel ([[Pesach]] 7:6), Har Tzvi 1:118, Tzitz Eliezer 12:25, Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:190, Ohr Letzion 3: pg. 66 </ref> | ||
# 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> | |||
==Timing== | ==Timing== | ||
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==Procedure== | ==Procedure== | ||
# It is 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 is 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), Birkat Hashem vol. 4 pg. 305 </ref> | ||
# It is 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 is 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> | ||
==Seeing the Trees through Glass or a Video== | ==Seeing the Trees through Glass or a Video== | ||
# A person can recite Birkat Hailanot by seeing the trees through glass such as if he sees them through a window with glass.<ref> | # A person can recite Birkat Hailanot by seeing the trees through glass such as if he sees them through a window with glass.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 29), Atret Paz Birchat Ilanot p. 156 based on Shaarei Teshuva 426.</ref> | ||
# A person can recite the bracha upon seeing the trees through glasses or binoculars.<ref>Ateret Paz (Birkat Hailanot p. 153)</ref> | # A person can recite the bracha upon seeing the trees through glasses or binoculars.<ref>Ateret Paz (Birkat Hailanot p. 153). Nevertheless, Halacha Berura 226:18 writes that it is proper to stand at a distance where it can be seen even without the binoculars</ref> | ||
# One should not recite the bracha upon seeing the trees through a video, mirror, or a reflection of water.<ref>Ateret Paz (Birkat Hailanot p. 156). One of his proofs is Rav Ovadia Yosef in Yechava Daat 2:28, Betzel Hachachma 2:11, and Beer Moshe 2:9:3 who write that seeing a king through a video doesn't allow one to recite the bracha upon seeing a king. </ref> | # One should not recite the bracha upon seeing the trees through a video, mirror, or a reflection of water.<ref>Ateret Paz (Birkat Hailanot p. 156). One of his proofs is Rav Ovadia Yosef in Yechava Daat 2:28, Betzel Hachachma 2:11, and Beer Moshe 2:9:3 who write that seeing a king through a video doesn't allow one to recite the bracha upon seeing a king. </ref> | ||
== | ==Links== | ||
* [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/774521/rabbi-shay-schachter/birkas-ilanos-in-chodesh-nissan/ Birkas Ilanos in Chodesh Nissan] by Rabbi Shay Schachter | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Brachot]] | [[Category:Brachot]] | ||
