Mitzvos

If you would like to say bircas ha'ilanos, please consult the list of local fruit trees below.
For the text of the b'rachah and specific halachos, please see this article by Rabbi Doniel Neustadt.

Blossoming fruit trees in Elizabeth, NJ and vicinity
(confirmed during Nisan 5768/April 2008 and subsequent years, up through and including Nisan 5783/March 2023)

I Visible or accessible from public property
(1) cherry tree at curbside across from 637 Livingston (just west of Bellewood intersection)
(2) apple tree [next to JEC building] in backyard of 629 Park, visible on Bellewood
(3) many apple trees on front lawn of 655 Westfield
(4) pair of mulberry trees on the front lawn of 731 Livingston
(5) cherry and peach trees on the front lawn of 715 Cleveland
(6) fig tree at 802 Livingston (also visible from Monmouth)
(7) pear tree on driveway area of 249 Monmouth
(8) apple tree next to 56 Baldwin
(9) apple tree at 138 Hillside
(10) cherry tree at 149 Hillside
(11) large cherry tree at 235 Hillside (corner of Wyoming)
(12) pear tree at 913 Edgewood (visible from Glenwood)
(13) peach tree on front lawn of 26 Summit
(14) cherry tree on front lawn of 1040 Byron
(15) pair of cherry trees on front lawn of Union Y, 501 Green Lane, and [this is unconfirmed] mulberry trees in back (near playground)

II visible only from private property
(1) ? at 707 Magie (to the right of the front door as you face the house)
(2) fig trees at 763 Cleveland
(3) pair of apple trees in backyard of 840 Park (walk onto Palisade-side driveway, then turn right and walk across lawn)
(4) fig trees in backyard of 166 Summit (walk up driveway)
(5) in backyard of 943 Harding: peach tree on Harding side, apple and plum trees on Halstead side
(6) cherry tree in backyard of 150 Browning (in front of deck)


The following properties are listed by another source and are unconfirmed:
1. peach tree at 321 (331?) Elmora
2. apple tree at 420 Westend