[Avodah] Haetz and Shehecheyanu

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 03:22:33PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
: Yes, but *why* do you assume that the person has eaten grapes?

Grapes come into season in late summer or early fall -- unsurprisingly
in time for Chag haAsif. So by now, most of us on Avodah have had this
year's grapes. My statement wasn't hypothetical. I was offering pragmatic
advice on how avoid the problem. Not an assumption, but a recommendation.

By using one of the 7 minim that is ha'eitz that you did happen to eat
already, you do avoid needing to make both berakhos on the same new fruit.
And there is no problem with choosing one of the 7 minim first.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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