Blessing on Shofar Blowing for Women
Question
In the synagogue, shofar blowing is conducted for women who could not attend the prayer service. Should a blessing be recited for this blowing? And who should recite it?
Answer
Women are exempt from the mitzvah of shofar blowing, and therefore the one blowing cannot recite a blessing for this blowing. Whether the women listening can recite a blessing depends on a dispute: according to the Shulchan Aruch, they cannot recite a blessing, and this is the custom among many Sephardic women. According to the Rema, they can recite a blessing, and this is the custom among Ashkenazi women.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
Shulchan Aruch and Rema Orach Chaim, Siman 589, Sif 6, Mishnah Berurah, Sif Katan 11.
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