- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. Do women that come to hear shofar in shul eat something before so they won’t be fasting for half a day. If they can do they have to recite kiddush?
A. on question 3314 we wrote:
“ Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 589: 3, 6) rules that although women are exempt from the mitzva of Tekias Shofar, since it is time dependent, they are encouraged to comply with it and listen or recite the blessing.
Poskim write that even if they have accepted the mitzva as an obligation, and they always attend to Tekias Shofar, when in need, they are allowed to make Kiddush before and eat (Chayei Adam 141: 7, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 129: 19, Nitei Gavriel 40: 3, and others).
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is similar.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
Important Numbers
