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The Beracha of '''Shehechiyanu''' was instituted for uncommon or periodical occurrences and experiences, such as holidays and their mitzvot, fruits in their new season, major purchases, and exciting news. [[Image:Fruit.JPG|200px|right]] | The Beracha of '''Shehechiyanu''' was instituted for uncommon or periodical occurrences and experiences, such as holidays and their mitzvot, fruits in their new season, major purchases, and exciting news. [[Image:Fruit.JPG|200px|right]] | ||
==Shehecheyanu for new fruit== | ==Shehecheyanu for new fruit== | ||
# Chazal enacted Brachat Shehecheyanu for eating a new fruit because it brings a person happiness and should praise Hashem for the opportunity. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 225:10 </ref> Even if you don’t feel a happiness for eating a new fruit, one still should make the Bracha (as we assume that he’s happy inside, even if he doesn’t express this externally). <Ref> VeZot HaBracha (18:1, pg 159) in name of Rav Elyashiv and Rav Chaim Kanievsky </ref> | # Chazal enacted Brachat Shehecheyanu for eating a new fruit because it brings a person happiness and should praise Hashem for the opportunity. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 225:10 </ref> Even if you don’t feel a happiness for eating a new fruit, one still should make the Bracha (as we assume that he’s happy inside, even if he doesn’t express this externally). <Ref> VeZot HaBracha (18:1, pg 159) in name of Rav Elyashiv and Rav Chaim Kanievsky. [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/764351/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Inyanei_Rosh_Hashanah Rav Schachter (Inyanei Rosh Hashana, min 25-29)] suggests that really we shouldn't recite the bracha for a new fruit that we're not excited about seeing or eating it in its new season, especially when it is a strange fruit imported from far away.</ref> | ||
===When to make the Bracha=== | ===When to make the Bracha=== | ||
# According to some it is preferable to say Shehecheyanu before the Bracha on the fruit, however, the minhag is to make the Bracha on the food and then the Shehecheyanu. <Ref> Halachot Ketanot 1:236 writes that perhaps it is best to recite Shehechiyanu before the bracha on the food so that Shechiyanu isn't an interruption between the bracha and eating. However, he concludes that he should say it earlier like we do for Lulav and Shofar that first we recite the Bracha of the Mitzvah and then the Shehechiyanu. Kaf Hachaim 225:24 cites both opinions but concludes that the minhag is like the Halachot Ketanot to recite the Shehechiyanu after. Halacha Brurah 225:24 and Yalkut Yosef 225:9 agree. Mishna Brurah 225:11 writes that it’s preferable to say Shehecheyanu first in order not to make an interruption between the Bracha and eating. However, Vezot HaBracha (pg 159) writes that the minhag is to make the Bracha on the fruit first. </ref> | # According to some it is preferable to say Shehecheyanu before the Bracha on the fruit, however, the minhag is to make the Bracha on the food and then the Shehecheyanu. <Ref> Halachot Ketanot 1:236 writes that perhaps it is best to recite Shehechiyanu before the bracha on the food so that Shechiyanu isn't an interruption between the bracha and eating. However, he concludes that he should say it earlier like we do for Lulav and Shofar that first we recite the Bracha of the Mitzvah and then the Shehechiyanu. Kaf Hachaim 225:24 cites both opinions but concludes that the minhag is like the Halachot Ketanot to recite the Shehechiyanu after. Halacha Brurah 225:24 and Yalkut Yosef 225:9 agree. Mishna Brurah 225:11 writes that it’s preferable to say Shehecheyanu first in order not to make an interruption between the Bracha and eating. However, Vezot HaBracha (pg 159) writes that the minhag is to make the Bracha on the fruit first. </ref> | ||
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===Which fruit require Shehecheyanu?=== | ===Which fruit require Shehecheyanu?=== | ||
# One only makes a Bracha on fruits that grow yearly, however, fruits that grow all year round don’t require a Shehecheyanu. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch O.C. 225:6, Yalkut Yosef 225:11 </ref> Therefore, some poskim hold that one doesn't recite a bracha on new fruit nowadays since all types of fruits are available all year round.<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/827766/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Shiur_# Rav Hershel Schachter on yutorah (Ketubot 57 min 52-4)]</ref> | # One only makes a Bracha on fruits that grow yearly, however, fruits that grow all year round don’t require a Shehecheyanu.<Ref> Shulchan Aruch O.C. 225:6, Yalkut Yosef 225:11 </ref> Therefore, some poskim hold that one doesn't recite a bracha on new fruit nowadays since all types of fruits are available all year round.<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/827766/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Shiur_# Rav Hershel Schachter on yutorah (Ketubot 57 min 52-4)]</ref> | ||
# The minhag is that one doesn't make a Shehecheyanu on vegetables or upon a nice smell ([[Besamim]]).<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 59:17</ref> Sephardim hold that one can recite Shehecheyanu on vegetables that are available only seasonally.<ref> Yalkut Yosef 225, Halacha Brurah 225:42</ref> | # The minhag is that one doesn't make a Shehecheyanu on vegetables or upon a nice smell ([[Besamim]]).<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 59:17</ref> Sephardim hold that one can recite Shehecheyanu on vegetables that are available only seasonally.<ref> Yalkut Yosef 225, Halacha Brurah 225:42</ref> | ||
# Fruit that’s available in the marketplace all year round (because of the refrigeration and transportation) do not require Shehecheyanu, (however it’s preferable to cover it with a Shehecheyanu from another fruit if possible.) <ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 161), Halacha Brurah 225:42 </ref> Therefore, it isn't the minhag to recite Shehecheyanu on vegetables since they are generally available all year.<ref>Halacha Brurah 225:42</ref> | # Fruit that’s available in the marketplace all year round (because of the refrigeration and transportation) do not require Shehecheyanu, (however it’s preferable to cover it with a Shehecheyanu from another fruit if possible.)<ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 161), Halacha Brurah 225:42 </ref> Therefore, it isn't the minhag to recite Shehecheyanu on vegetables since they are generally available all year.<ref>Halacha Brurah 225:42</ref> | ||
# The following fruit don’t require a Shehecheyanu: banana, lemon, lettuce, cabbage, potato, carrot, onion, pear, dates, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, nuts, peanuts, almonds, olives, mushrooms, wine, and grape juice. <ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 162-3) </ref> | # The following fruit don’t require a Shehecheyanu: banana, lemon, lettuce, cabbage, potato, carrot, onion, pear, dates, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, nuts, peanuts, almonds, olives, mushrooms, wine, and grape juice.<ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 162-3) </ref> | ||
# The Sefer Vezot HaBracha writes that the general list of fruits in Israel that are considered not available all year round and deserve a Shehecheyanu includes the following (however, in America, it’s very possible that some of these are available all year round; this is from 2009, when the sefer was reprinted but might not apply now): avocado, watermelon, peach, cherry, quince, mango, apricot, grapes, strawberry, plum, cactus fruit, and raspberry. | # The Sefer Vezot HaBracha writes that the general list of fruits in Israel that are considered not available all year round and deserve a Shehecheyanu includes the following (however, in America, it’s very possible that some of these are available all year round; this is from 2009, when the sefer was reprinted but might not apply now): avocado, watermelon, peach, cherry, quince, mango, apricot, grapes, strawberry, plum, cactus fruit, and raspberry. | ||
# There is a dispute whether or not one can recite Shehechiyanu on carobs (buxar) since they don't appear to be a new fruit. If one gets particular enjoyment for seeing the new carobs in their season one can recite the bracha.<ref> Vezot Habracha p. 163</ref> | # There is a dispute whether or not one can recite Shehechiyanu on carobs (buxar) since they don't appear to be a new fruit. If one gets particular enjoyment for seeing the new carobs in their season one can recite the bracha.<ref> Vezot Habracha p. 163</ref> | ||
# One does not recite sheheheyanu on a new fruit if its taste is not enjoyable. <ref> Halacha Berura, page 368 </ref> | |||
# One cannot recite a shehechiyanu for two types of the same fruit. Additionally, if one type of fruit is commonly found all year and one isn't, neither receive a shehechiyanu. For example, all types of grapefruit or clementines are considered one type for the purposes of shehechiyanu. Additionally, one should not recite shehechiyanu for Jaffe oranges and Valencia oranges since they're both in the same category as oranges. The same is true of Anna apples and Chermon apples.<ref>I made a mistake and apologize for dismissing the question. Shulchan Aruch O.C. 225:4 writes that for shehechiyanu that two types of fruits that are similar still require two shehechiyanu's. Mishna Brurah 225:18 writes that if they have different names or tastes they are separate. But he quotes Gra who argues with Shulchan Aruch and holds that if they're one type they're one bracha even if they taste different and have slightly different names. Mishna Brurah isn't clear about if he follows this Gra. Kaf Hachaim 225:34 is concerned for the Gra and quotes the Chida and Maamer Mordechai who agree. He concludes that we wouldn't recite a bracha on each one separately because of safek brachot lehakel. In 225:36 he writes that even if they look different, have different names and tastes, still for shehechiyanu they are all one. Vezos habracha p. 162 quotes R Elyashiv and R Sheinberg that Anna Apple (type they sell in Israel) isn't another type of apple compared to other types and doesn't get a shehechiyanu. p. 164 he writes that different types of oranges like ולנסיה and שמוטי types aren't two species. He says the same for all types of clementines, apples, and grapefruits.</ref> | |||
===Hybrid Fruits(Kilayim)=== | ===Hybrid Fruits (Kilayim)=== | ||
# Shehecheyanu is not recited on a fruit that was grown through the violation of kilayim (mixing species).<ref>Igros Moshe OC 2:58 and Kaf Hachaim 225:26. Kaf Hachaim quotes a dispute between the Halachot Ketanot 1:60 and Yavetz 1:63 if someone can recite Shehechiyanu on a fruit that was planted through kilayim since it was created in sin. He concludes that the minhag isn't to recite Shehechiyanu and one should follow that to avoid the dispute.</ref> | # Shehecheyanu is not recited on a fruit that was grown through the violation of kilayim (mixing species).<ref>Igros Moshe OC 2:58 and Kaf Hachaim 225:26. Kaf Hachaim quotes a dispute between the Halachot Ketanot 1:60 and Yavetz 1:63 if someone can recite Shehechiyanu on a fruit that was planted through kilayim since it was created in sin. He concludes that the minhag isn't to recite Shehechiyanu and one should follow that to avoid the dispute.</ref> | ||
