[Avodah] Ilanot Tobot/Tobim

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What I myself have noticed is that many words related to nature are both  
masculine and feminine, comes up in Chumash from time  to time, words like 
shemesh and even (stone) and eretz.  Sometimes the  same word is used with 
masc and fem verbs in the same pasuk, and Rashi will  comment on it, bringing 
examples from elsewhere in Tanach of the word being  sometimes masc and 
sometimes fem.  Wish I could think of an example right  now.  

--Toby Katz
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From: JosephMosseri  <joseph.mosseri at verizon.net>
>>Simon Montagu asked about Ilanot tovim vs tovot.
> I was reviewing hilchot birkat ha'ilanot, and was surprised that it says
> "ilanot tovot", not "ilanot tovim", although in every other context that I
> can think of "ilan" is masculine. Do any mefareshim raise this question?

Here is my thought on this:
Based upon old manuscripts of HaRaMBaM the original berakhah was:
".......beriyot tovot...."

The word ilanot never appeared in the berakhah.

It may be that over time to make the berakhah more specific the word
beriyot was replaced with ilanot and no one thought of adjusting the
gender of tovot.  <<

Joseph




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