Prayer Times for Women

Hello, I wanted to ask if women are obligated to pray and keep prayer times like men or not? Thank you very much.

Hello, 

The early authorities debated whether women are obligated to pray Shacharit and Mincha or only to say some form of request.

They are exempt from Maariv [since its primary status is voluntary. However, men accepted it as obligatory, while women did not].

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Laws of Prayer, Siman 106, Seif 2
Women and slaves, who, although exempt from the Shema, are obligated in prayer, because it is a positive commandment not bound by time;

Mishnah Berurah, Siman 106, SK 4) that it is a positive commandment, etc. - this is according to the Rambam, who holds that only the times of prayer are rabbinic, but the essence of the commandment of prayer is from the Torah, as it is said: "And to serve Him with all your heart." What is the service of the heart? It is prayer. However, there is no fixed text from the Torah, and one can pray in any text and at any time. Once one has prayed once a day or night, he has fulfilled his Torah obligation. The Magen Avraham writes that according to this reasoning, most women do not pray regularly morning and evening, as they say some request immediately after washing, and thus fulfill their Torah obligation. It is possible that even the sages did not obligate more. But the opinion of the Ramban is that the essence of the commandment of prayer is rabbinic, established by the men of the Great Assembly, who instituted the 18 blessings in order to pray them morning and afternoon as obligatory, and evening as voluntary. And although it is a rabbinic positive commandment bound by time, and women are exempt from all rabbinic positive commandments bound by time, such as the sanctification of the moon, nevertheless, they are obligated in the morning and afternoon prayer like men, since prayer is a request for mercy. And this is the main opinion, as this is the opinion of most authorities, and so ruled in the book Shaagat Aryeh. Therefore, women should be warned to pray the 18 blessings, and it is also proper that they accept upon themselves the yoke of the kingdom of heaven, that is, they should say at least Shema Yisrael, as it is stated in Siman 70, and also say the blessing Emet Veyatziv to connect redemption to prayer, as the Magen Avraham wrote in Siman 70. And all this is regarding the morning and afternoon prayer, but the evening prayer, which is voluntary, although now all of Israel has accepted it as obligatory, nevertheless, women have not accepted it, and most do not pray in the evening. And regarding the Musaf prayer, in the book Tzelach it is written that they are exempt, but in the book Magen Giborim it is ruled that they are obligated, see there: