Commentary for Kiddushin 57:6
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> כל מצות הבן על האב אנשים חייבין ונשים פטורות וכל מצות האב על הבן אחד אנשים ואחד נשים חייבין וכל מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא אנשים חייבין ונשים פטורות וכל מצות עשה שלא הזמן גרמא אחד האנשים ואחד הנשים חייבין
MEN ARE BOUND, BUT WOMEN ARE EXEMPT. BUT ALL OBLIGATIONS OF THE FATHER UPON THE SON, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN ARE BOUND. ALL AFFIRMATIVE PRECEPTS LIMITED TO TIME,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Literally, caused by the time. Which are performed at particular times or seasons.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
This refers to obligations that the father has in raising his son. They include circumcising him, redeeming him from a priest if the son is a first-born, teaching him Torah, teaching him a profession and finding him a wife. The father and not the mother is responsible to fulfill these commandments.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
When it comes to obligations that a child has to his/her parent both men and women are obligated, and they are obligated equally to both their mother and father. This includes fear and respect. According to the rabbis respect means providing financially for the parent in his/her old age.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Only men are obligated in positive time-bound commandments. This includes the reading of the Shema, blowing the shofar, sitting in the Sukkah and several other commandments. Note that the mishnah does not state that women are forbidden from fulfilling these commandments—it says only that they are not obligated to do so.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Positive commandments which are not time-bound are obligatory upon both men and women. This would include mitzvoth such as mezuzah, charity and returning lost objects.
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