#5834 - This Month Also for Women?
Question
Rabenu Long Life.
This coming Shabbat (March, 14, 26) is Parshat Hachoddesh since we recite the blessing for the new month of Nissan. I was told that it is a most important Shabbat. If so since women attended the Shabbat of Zachor, do they also have to attend Parshat Hachoddesh? If not, why not?
Answer
Poskim write that women are not obliged to attend Shul and listen to the reading of Parshat Hachodesh, since after all it is a Mitzva Shehazman Grama or has a determined time and women are usually exempt of them, unless there is a special reason, like we mentioned on Parshas Zachor. That reason does not apply to Parshat Hachoddesh. (Divrei Chaim O.H 2: 14).
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Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: March 10, 2026
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