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SheHecheyanu
A mourner (avel) is permitted to say she'hecheyanu for himself but should not say she'hecheyanu if required for the congregation.  An avel should say she'hecheyanu on:
  • Eating a “new” fruit.
  • Wearing a new garment.
  • Lighting Chanuka candles at home for the first time that year.
 An avel should not do the following, since he should not say she'hecheyanu unless it is necessary:
  • Light Chanuka candles in synagogue.
  • Read the megila.
  • Blow shofar on Rosh Hashana.
SheHecheyanu for New Fruit You Might Not Like
SITUATION
You have a fruit on which you would like to say she'hecheyanu, but you might not like it.
WHAT TO DO
To avoid saying a pointless blessing (bracha l'vatala), you may:
  • Say the blessing borei pri ha'eitz on a different fruit.
  • Eat from the fruit you just blessed over.
  • Taste the new fruit. If you like it—and before you have eaten all of the new fruit—
  • Swallow the small piece you tasted (if you do not like it, you do not need to swallow it).
  • Say she'hecheyanu.
  • Finish eating the new fruit.

NoteWhen saying she'hecheyanu on a new fruit, there is no preference for on which fruit to say borei pri ha'eitz--you may say it on the new fruit or on any other fruit.

SheHecheyanu by Women
 For items over which especially women say she'hecheyanu, see Items on Which Women Say SheHecheyanu.
SheHecheyanu: General Rules
For general rules of she'hecheyanu, see SheHecheyanu.
SheHecheyanu for Two or More Fruits
If you eat two new fruits at same sitting, say she'hecheyanu only once.
SheHecheyanu: New Fruit with Juice
Situation
  • You drink the juice of a fruit that you have not eaten for one year.
  • Later, you will eat the actual fruit,
What To Do Say she'hecheyanu on the fruit (if you would normally be required to do so).
Note Having drunk the juice does not affect the status of the fruit's being new and in season.
Note You do not ever say she'hecheyanu on fruit juice!
 
SheHecheyanu: Imported Fruit
Do not say she'hecheyanu again if:
  • You already said she'hecheyanu on that type of fruit once during that year,
  • The fruit then stops being available, but
  • Later in the year it becomes available again as an import from another country.
 
SheHecheyanu: Dried Fruit
Do not say she'hecheyanu on dried fruit. 
Note She'hecheyanu may be said on carob while it is still chewy.
SheHecheyanu: Cooked Fruit
Say she'hecheyanu on cooked fruit in season if that fruit is not normally available all year.  If the fruit is commonly available canned, you may not say she'hecheyanu on it at any time.
 
SheHecheyanu: New Fruits: Import/Export
Situation
A fruit is available year-round in one place.
That fruit is taken to a place where it is not available.
What To Do
You may say she'hecheyanu on the fruit in that second place.
 
SheHecheyanu: New Fruits: Visiting Place Where Fruit Is Not Available Year Round
Situation
  • You visit a country in which a fresh fruit is not available there year round.
  • You have not eaten this fruit that year (either since the fruit season began there or within the past 12 months).
What To Do You may say she'hecheyanu.
SheHecheyanu: New Fruits: Visiting Place Where Fruit Is Available Year Round
Situation
  • You live in an area in which a  fresh fruit is not available all year.
  • You visit a place in which that fruit IS available all year.
What To Do You do not say she'hecheyanu when eating this fruit the new place.
SheHecheyanu: New Fruits: When Is First in Season
Say she'hecheyanu when eating a fresh (not dried or frozen) fruit for the first time it appears in the market that season (this does not follow Rosh Hashana or any of the other Jewish “years”).
Note If a fruit is available year round, never say she'hecheyanu over it.
SheHecheyanu at Candle-Lighting for Jewish Festivals
Say she'hecheyanu when lighting candles for:
  • Both days of Rosh Hashana,
  • Yom Kippur,
  • First day (if in Eretz Yisrael) or first two days of Sukkot,
  • Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah,
  • First day (if in Eretz Yisrael) or both days of Shavuot, and
  • First day (if in Eretz Yisrael) or first two days of Passover.
Note She'hecheyanu is not said on the last day (if in Eretz Yisrael) or last two days of Passover.
SheHecheyanu: Acquisitions: When To Bless over New Home
If you buy a house, condominium, apartment, or other accommodation, say she'hecheyanu:
  • When you buy it, if it is ready to move in when you buy it (if you will live there by yourself).
  •  When you move in, if it is not ready to move in when you buy it (if you will live there by yourself). 
Note If you are married, say ha'tov v'ha'meitiv instead of she'hecheyanu.