Ashkenazic poskim permit women to say a bracha on a mitzvat aseh shehazman grama, while Sephardic poskim generally do not. Basically, it states that Sephardic poskim believe that for a woman to say “asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu” etc would transgress bal tosif, since she is saying that she is obligated when she is really not. However, Ashkenazic poskim believe that since the bracha is in the plural, a woman who says it is merely acknowledging that Hashem blessed Klal Yisrael by giving us this mitzvah, even if it doesn’t specifically apply to her.
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