In the month of Nissan, when one sees a tree blossom for the first time s/he recites a special blessing. Today, the 2nd day of Nissan, the cherry tree in front of 770 blossomed with beautiful flowers; you can now say the special blessing upon sight of it.
Picture of the Day: A Tree Blossoms in Brooklyn
In the month of Nissan, when one sees a tree blossom for the first time s/he recites a special blessing. Today, the 2nd day of Nissan, the cherry tree in front of 770 blossomed with beautiful flowers; you can now say the special blessing upon sight of it.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱ-לֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם שֶׁלֹּא חִסֵּר בְּעוֹלָמוֹ כְּלוּם וּבָרָא בוֹ בְּרִיּוֹת טוֹבוֹת וְאִילָנוֹת טוֹבוֹת לֵהָנוֹת בָּהֶם בְּנֵי אָדָם
Transliteration: Baw-rooch ah-taw Ah-doh-noi Eh-loh-hei-noo meh-lech haw-oh-lawm sheh-loh chee-seir beh-oh-law-moh keh-loom oo-vaw-raw voh beh-ree-yohs toh-vohs veh-ee-law-nohs toh-vohs lei-haw-nohs baw-hem be-nei aw-dawm.
Translation: Blessed are You, L‑rd our G‑d, King of the universe, who has made nothing lacking in His world, and created in it goodly creatures and goodly trees to give mankind pleasure.
asher
Yes it IS a cherry tree that bears fruit. Actual cherries grow on this tree later in the year. The other tree in front of Mazkirus is already completely covered with flowers but has so far never shown fruit so although it might very well also be a cherry tree, this has never been confirmed yet.
Shmueli
Looking into the halachos re. this, I came across the following:
“The brachah should be recited only on two or more trees. No brachah is said on a single tree. See
Chida (More B’atzba 198). Although there are poskim who hold that halachically two trees are required and no brachah is said when only one tree is seen, see Chazon Ovadia pg. 9-10, most poskim do not quote this requirement. See also Ktzos Hashulchan (Badei Hashulchan 46:18) that lchatchillah, two trees are required for the brachah.”
Before the peach tree in front of Oholei Torah was chopped down (I do not believe it was George Washington who did it…), a few of us would position ourselves on Eastern Parkway so we could see both the Rebbe’s Cherry Tree (as we fondly called it), and O.T.’s peach tree, and then say the blessing, to be mehudar l’chatchillah. Just saying….
best place
So where’s the best place in crown heights to make the brocho?
770 is the place
The Rebbe would open the window shade in his room and make the Bracha from there.