Reply To: Women and Kiddush Levana

Daas Yochid: One may recite Kiddush Levanah on their own.Although there is a mitzva of Brov Am but that applies equally to every single mitzvah. We don’t say women shouldn’t hear havdalah because there is a mitzvah of brov am. Eliminating kiddush levanah because they might come to a gathering doesn’t make sense. Let women eliminate shofar.Rebbe Yisrael Salanter was quoted as saying women should daven at home. He didn’t say lets adopt a minhag that women don’t daven. A woman who wants to daven at home without brov am is fine. Likewise, if there is a tznius issue we should tell women to recite kiddush levanah at home. There are other reasons mentioned by the poskim why women don’t say kiddush levanah. But I don’t think kol kevoda bas melech is one of them.