Halakhah for Kiddushin 61:12
אמר רב יוסף מריש ה"א מאן דהוה אמר לי הלכה כר"י דאמר סומא פטור מן המצות עבידנא יומא טבא לרבנן דהא לא מיפקידנא והא עבידנא השתא דשמעיתא להא דא"ר חנינא גדול מצווה ועושה יותר ממי שאינו מצווה ועושה אדרבה מאן דאמר לי דאין הלכה כרבי יהודה עבידנא יומא טבא לרבנן
But from the latter portion of Thy declaration it may be seen that the first portion is true.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., just.');"><sup>15</sup></span> It was propounded of R''Ulla: How far does the honour of parents [extend]? - He replied: Go forth and see what a certain heathen, Dama son of Nethinah by name, did in Askelon.
Peninei Halakhah, Women's Prayer
A woman who wishes to voluntarily fulfill the positive time-bound mitzvot receives reward for doing so, although it is not the same as a man’s reward. As R. Ḥanina states, “Greater is the [reward for] one who is commanded to do and does than one who is not commanded and does” (Kiddushin 31a). Ritva explains that the reason for this is that one who is commanded to perform a mitzva encounters the resistance of his; therefore his reward is greater, as the Sages say, “lefum tza’ara agra” (according to the torment is the reward) (m. Avot 5:23).
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