Women Davening Mincha & Maariv

Question

Though women are exempt from davening Mincha and Maariv, my wife likes to anyway. Do women who daven Mincha and Maariv deserve the same respect as men who do? (e.g. not being interrupted, being given the opportunity to pray at the proper time)

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    Yes, absolutely. Of course, if there are small children at home and there is no one to look after them, the mother would have to work out how she can daven on time.

    Please allow me to point out that I am not sure that your statement that women are exempt from davening Mincha is absolutely correct. There is an article at Torah.org that delineates the various Halachic opinions that you might find helpful:
    https://torah.org/torah-portion/weekly-halacha-5772-vaera/#:~:text=Other%20poskim%20maintain%20that%20women,formally%20in%20the%20olden%20days.

    Best wishes from the AskTheRabbi.org Team