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#According to most authorities this blessing is a [[time-bound commandment]], thus exempting women from obligation of its recital.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Meiri_on_Sanhedrin.42a.1?vhe=Meiri_on_Shas&lang=bi Meiri (Sanhedrin 42a)] seems to hold that women are obligated in its recital. Rabbi Shlomo Kluger ([https://www.sefaria.org/Chokhmat_Shlomo_on_Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Orach_Chayim.426.1?lang=bi Chochmas Shlomo 426:1]) explains that although this ritual is time-framed it does not fall under the category of time-bound obligations from which women are exempt for. He reasons that Birkas Halevana is not attached to a specific time on the calendar, as most time-bound commandments, rather this ritual which is a "response" to a natural phenomenon - the moon's renewal - which so happens to be at specific part of the month, and women are therefore obligated. Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik held this way as well (Nefesh Harav, pg. [https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/499193.23?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 176]-[https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/499193.24?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 177]; Mipeninei Harav, pg. [https://tablet.otzar.org/#/book/64101/p/94/t/0.29165492754185161234/fs/0/start/0/end/0/c 98]-[https://tablet.otzar.org/#/book/64101/p/95/t/1654927541851612341234/fs/0/start/0/end/0/c 99]) See Yabia Omer (Orach Chaim 5:36), [https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=926#p=27&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr= Emek Hatshuva 3:8], and [https://ph.yhb.org.il/en/03-23-01/#fn-8505-1 Peninei Halakha (Women's Prayer, Chapter 23: Some Laws Concerning the Holidays and Festivals, 01. Rosh Ĥodesh and Birkat Ha-levana)] for more on this topic. Rav Moshe Feinstein ([https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=921&st=&pgnum=255 Igros Moshe Choshen Mishpat 2:47:2]) however argued that even this is considered time-framed as it comes around at a same specific time monthly, and that suffices to consider it a time-bound commandment from which women are exempt from. Mishnah Berurah ([https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60389&st=&pgnum=189 426:1]) considers it so as well. (See further [https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=9089#p=297&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr=%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%95%20%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%9D%20%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%94 Bnei Tzion 426:2] [by [https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%9F Rav Bentzion Lichtman]] and [https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=50538#p=114&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr= Birur Halacha vol. 5 siman 426 page 114] [by [https://forum.otzar.org/viewtopic.php?t=28467 Rav Yechiel Zilber]].) </ref> | #According to most authorities this blessing is a [[time-bound commandment]], thus exempting women from obligation of its recital.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Meiri_on_Sanhedrin.42a.1?vhe=Meiri_on_Shas&lang=bi Meiri (Sanhedrin 42a)] seems to hold that women are obligated in its recital. Rabbi Shlomo Kluger ([https://www.sefaria.org/Chokhmat_Shlomo_on_Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Orach_Chayim.426.1?lang=bi Chochmas Shlomo 426:1]) explains that although this ritual is time-framed it does not fall under the category of time-bound obligations from which women are exempt for. He reasons that Birkas Halevana is not attached to a specific time on the calendar, as most time-bound commandments, rather this ritual which is a "response" to a natural phenomenon - the moon's renewal - which so happens to be at specific part of the month, and women are therefore obligated. Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik held this way as well (Nefesh Harav, pg. [https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/499193.23?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 176]-[https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/499193.24?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 177]; Mipeninei Harav, pg. [https://tablet.otzar.org/#/book/64101/p/94/t/0.29165492754185161234/fs/0/start/0/end/0/c 98]-[https://tablet.otzar.org/#/book/64101/p/95/t/1654927541851612341234/fs/0/start/0/end/0/c 99]; see, however, [https://books.google.com/books?id=XDzlvJ5zsfsC&q=change+the+prevailing+custom#v=snippet&q=change%20the%20prevailing%20custom&f=false Halakhic Positions of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, by Rabbi Aharon Ziegler, Volume 4, pg 179]). See Yabia Omer (Orach Chaim 5:36), [https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=926#p=27&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr= Emek Hatshuva 3:8], and [https://ph.yhb.org.il/en/03-23-01/#fn-8505-1 Peninei Halakha (Women's Prayer, Chapter 23: Some Laws Concerning the Holidays and Festivals, 01. Rosh Ĥodesh and Birkat Ha-levana)] for more on this topic. Rav Moshe Feinstein ([https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=921&st=&pgnum=255 Igros Moshe Choshen Mishpat 2:47:2]) however argued that even this is considered time-framed as it comes around at a same specific time monthly, and that suffices to consider it a time-bound commandment from which women are exempt from. Mishnah Berurah ([https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60389&st=&pgnum=189 426:1]) considers it so as well. (See further [https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=9089#p=297&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr=%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%95%20%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%9D%20%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%94 Bnei Tzion 426:2] [by [https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%9F Rav Bentzion Lichtman]] and [https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=50538#p=114&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr= Birur Halacha vol. 5 siman 426 page 114] [by [https://forum.otzar.org/viewtopic.php?t=28467 Rav Yechiel Zilber]].) </ref> | ||
#When it comes to other time-bound commandments there is a dispute between the Sephardic and Ashkenazic authorities as to whether they may opt-in and recite the blessing if they so wish.<ref>{{Bracha on Mitzvot Aseh Shehazman Grama}}</ref> When it comes to this blessing however, the widespread custom is that all women do not in fact recite it.<ref>Mishnah Berurah 426 in the name of [https://shulchanarukh.alhatorah.org/Dual/Magen_Avraham/Orach_Chayyim/426.1#m7e0n6 Magen Avraham (beginning of siman 426)] in the name of the Shlah ([https://www.sefaria.org/Shenei_Luchot_HaBerit,_Shaar_HaOtiyot,_Kedusha.56?vhe=Shenei_Luchot_HaBrit,_based_on_Amsterdam,_1698_ed._Part_I&lang=bi Shenei Luchot HaBerit, Shaar HaOtiyot, Ot Kuf, Kedusha, s.v. uminhag yafeh]), since Chavah caused the decreasing of the moon. (See also the words of the [https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=42813#p=532&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr=%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9F%20%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9F%20%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%94 <nowiki>Derech Hachaim [Dinei Kiddush Levana §7]</nowiki>].) | #When it comes to other time-bound commandments there is a dispute between the Sephardic and Ashkenazic authorities as to whether they may opt-in and recite the blessing if they so wish.<ref>{{Bracha on Mitzvot Aseh Shehazman Grama}}</ref> When it comes to this blessing however, the widespread custom is that all women do not in fact recite it.<ref>Mishnah Berurah 426 in the name of [https://shulchanarukh.alhatorah.org/Dual/Magen_Avraham/Orach_Chayyim/426.1#m7e0n6 Magen Avraham (beginning of siman 426)] in the name of the Shlah ([https://www.sefaria.org/Shenei_Luchot_HaBerit,_Shaar_HaOtiyot,_Kedusha.56?vhe=Shenei_Luchot_HaBrit,_based_on_Amsterdam,_1698_ed._Part_I&lang=bi Shenei Luchot HaBerit, Shaar HaOtiyot, Ot Kuf, Kedusha, s.v. uminhag yafeh]), since Chavah caused the decreasing of the moon. (See also the words of the [https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=42813#p=532&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr=%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9F%20%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9F%20%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%94 <nowiki>Derech Hachaim [Dinei Kiddush Levana §7]</nowiki>].) | ||
