Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 65:7
אבל מתעסקין בהם עד שילמדו: אמר רבי אלעזר אפילו בשבת תנ"ה מתעסקין בהן עד שילמדו אפילו בשבת ואין מעכבין התינוקות מלתקוע בשבת ואין צריך לומר ביום טוב
So R'Judah, R'Jose and R'Simeon say that women also have the option of laying on hands'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Similarly R. Jose and R. Simeon hold that although women are not commanded to blow the shofar (this being a precept for which a definite time is fixed) , they have the option of doing so, and therefore may practise.');"><sup>5</sup></span> ON THE CONTRARY, THEY MAY BE HELPED UNTIL THEY LEARN HOW TO BLOW.
Rashi on Rosh Hashanah
However we do prevent women -- Because they are completely exempt from positive time-bounded commandments, were they to blow the shofar, they would be transgressing "You may not add [to the Torah]!"
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