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.
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