Prayer and Blessings
Do Women Need to Recite Hallel on Rosh Chodesh?
Question
Hello, honored Rabbi,
I would like to know whether one should recite Hallel on Rosh Chodesh according to the Sephardic custom, and if so, whether it may be said during private prayer.
Thank you very much
Answer
Good month,
Women are not obligated to recite Hallel on Rosh Chodesh (Beur Halacha, siman 422, seif 2, s.v. Hallel), and if they wish, they may recite it even individually. However, according to the Sephardic custom, one does not recite a blessing over it, neither at the beginning nor at the end (Shulchan Aruch there, seif 2).
With blessings,
Hillel Meirs
