Blessing on Trees with Inedible Fruits
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Question
1. Is the blessing on trees recited for orlah?2. Near the nuclear reactor in Dimona, there are fruit trees meant to absorb radiation, and the fruits are dangerous to eat. Can the blessing on trees be recited over them?
Answer
Shalom Rav,
Both questions depend on whether the blessing is for the blossoming or for the possibility of eating the fruits.
In practice, Rabbi Akiva Eiger's glosses express doubt on this matter, leaning towards not reciting the blessing. However, in "Dovev Meisharim," it is argued that one should recite the blessing.
Ultimately, the later authorities have written that due to doubt, one should not recite the blessing.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Siman 226. Rabbi Akiva Eiger's glosses there. Dovev Meisharim (Part 3, Siman 5). Minchat Yitzchak (Part 3, Siman 25), Yabia Omer (Part 5, Siman 20).