re: #427 lawhawk

And here I thought the primary reason that women didn’t wear a tallis or tefellin was that they weren’t obligated to do so; it’s a mitzvah for men to do so (in addition to actually attending services).

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That is part of it. The real issue was what beracha do they say. The berachot are very much written in male terms.