Me'ah Berachos - Women's Obligation

QUESTION: Are women obligated to recite one hundred berachos daily?

ANSWER: Many poskim write that women are exempt from this mitzvah. As evidence, the Shevet HaLevi (5:23) points out that the Rishonim who list the hundred berachos recited each day include the berachos that are recited on Tallis and Tefillin. Since women do not recite these berachos, this would indicate that these Rishonim did not consider this obligation to apply to women. Teshuvos V’Hanhagos (2:129) adds that since the one hundred berachos must be recited each day, according to some opinions this qualifies the mitzvah as a time-bound obligation, which women are not required to observe.

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