Reply To: Controversy In Israel – Woman says Sheva Brachos

I don’t know anything about the Halachic issues involved with a woman saying Sheva Berachos, but there is one big difference between a woman saying sheva berachos on the one hand and a woman saying Kaddish or women making a zimmun on the other. The big difference is that no one is gaining anything by the woman saying the sheva brachos as opposed to the man – there is no extra Mitzvah being done, and hence there is no reason to do something that could be considered a breach in the Mesorah. In the other cases, a Mitzvah is being done that would not have been done otherwise. Even in the other cases, it MAY be problematic, but it seems to me that in this case it is DEFINITELY problematic since there is no extra Mitzvah being done, so it SEEMS pretty clear that it is not l’sheim Shamayim.