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From: cshulman@.
Date: April 11, 2010
Subject: [TeaneckShuls] Birchas Ha'ilanos - Blessing on Blossoming Trees & Locations

Reminder -

The following bracha is said in the Spring (preferably during the month of Nissan), on fruit trees in blossom. It should be recited on the flower blossoms but not on fruit that has already ripened. Some have a preference to recite it on two or more trees.  See Shulchan Aruch O.C. 226, Mishna Brura and other commentaries.

BARUCH ATA HASHEM ELOKEINU MELECH HA'OLAM SHELO CHISAR B'O'LAMO DAVAR; U'VARA VO BRIYOS TOVOS V'ILANOS TOVIM LIHANOS BAHEM B'NEI ADAM.

See the following additional material.
http://www.ou.org/torah/tt/5763/metzora63/seder.htm#hallanot
http://www.ou.org/publications/ja/5762spring/blessing.pdf
http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5762/vayikra.html
http://shmais.com/halachadetail.cfm?ID=2470
http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/parsha/aram/archives/tezave61.htm
http://www.brochos.com/item/67521
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/260801/jewish/The-Laws-of-the-Blessing-on-Trees.htm


The following is a list of locations (collected in 2003 by Joshua Hosseinof and supplemented with a few more additions). 

1. Three plum trees visible on the East side of Sussex Road between Warwick and Edgewood Avenue in the backyard of 422 Edgewood Avenue

2. Three apple trees blooming at 397 W. Englewood Ave. immediately west of Rinat.

3. Apple tree in front of 1648 Hanover St

4. At the corner of Red Road and Edgemont, behind the house on the southwest side, is a peach tree.

5. 816 Queen Anne Road in the back by the driveway.

6. A cherry tree at 187 Larch Ave.

7. An apple tree at 639 Sagamore

8. A blooming apple tree 21 Canterbury Ct. off Teaneck Rd. and Rt 4 on the left side of the house as you face it from the street, the second tree back. It's a tree as tall as the house, with white and pink blossoms at the top.

9.  Cherry tree in side yard at 110 Cherry Lane.

10. Cherry tree in front of 95 Wilbur Road in Bergenfield

11. In the backyard -114 Maiden Lane , Bergenfield - cherry tree.

12.  Apple tree at 536 Windsor Rd (to the left side of driveway if coming from New Bridge Rd).

13.  Pear tree in backyard of 112 Rector Ct (visible from park). The pear tree is on the right overhanging neighbor's yard, adjacent to the gate leading to the front

14.  Three cherry trees on left side of the path from Winthrop Rd. to Keter Torah.

15.  Going west on Winthrop Road past Jefferson on left side of triangle (which is Winthrop, not Buckingham), opposite approx. house # 660 or so, there is a small apricot tree in bloom right near the curb.

16.  518 Ogden Ave. has a pear tree in blossom that can be seen from the Whittier school parking lot.

17.  921 Queen Anne Rd.--on the southeast corner of Carlton Terrance-- plum tree near the driveway on Carlton.

18. Three cherry trees in the back of 299 Rutland Ave.

19. We have a flowering peach tree at 859 Red Rd corner Merrison near Beth Aaron

Make sure the fruit trees are blossoming and fruit have not yet ripened.