Commentary for Berakhot 80:18

תנן ר' יהודה אומר כל שהוא מין קללה אין מברכין עליו בשלמא למ"ד בושלי כמרא היינו דקרי ליה מין קללה אלא למאן דאמר תמרי דזיקא מאי מין קללה

Our Mishnah states : R. Judah declares : No benediction is to be pronounced over anything which comes under the category of a curse. That is quite right according to him who says nobelot means "Fruit scorched by the sun," for that may be called a kind of curse ; but according to him who says it means "Dates blown from the tree by the wind," how is this a kind of curse?

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