Four Questions For Tu Bishvat

1) Which fruit, that its Bracha is פרי העץ

if you made a האדמה on it, you were not

יוצא?

A fruit that was grown in a flower pot with

no hole at the bottom.

(based on the Chaya Adam Hl. Birchas Hanehenin

51:17- Harav Hagaon R, Dov Landau Shlita)

2) When do you have someone eating from

the Shivas Haminim, the Bracha Rishono

is פרי העץ and the Bracha Achrono is

בורא נפשות.

A fruit salad consisting of 1/3 pomegranate(שבעת המינים)

and 2/3 assorted other fruits. The רוב

is a  פרי העץ and the רוב is a בורא נפשות.

( Harav Hagaon R. Avrohom Ganchovsky zt"l

Sefer Bar Almogim #148:2)

3) When should you Daven for a nice Esrog?

According to the בני יששכר on Tu B'shvat

According to the Gemoro on Shavuos

(בעצרת על פירות האילן)

4) What is the only Halacha in Shulchan Aruch

re Tu B'shvat?

Not to say תחנון on Tu B'Shvat. (O.Ch. 131:6)

Eating fruits is not mentioned in S.Aruch. It is the

Mogen Avraham who brings this Minhag Ashkenaz.