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Reb – I can’t tell if you’re legitimately trying to make an argument or if you’re just purposely firing out non -sequiturs to get a response. There is clearly a difference between the mitzva of Daled Kosos and the mitzva of Ad DeLo Yada. The kiyyum hamitzva for daled kosos is fulfilled through the drinking, not the resulting (I should say rarely resulting) intoxication. Obviously there would be no reason to patur women from a mitzva which involves drinking possibly intoxicating beverages in which the mitzva is simply to drink and not to get drunk. I can’t remember the last time I heard of a woman getting drunk from the Arba Kosos and it can be easily avoided. Conversely, the mitzva of Ad Delo Yada is to GET DRUNK. This is clearly a violation of one of the fundamental qualities of a woman’s avoda and is therefore not practiced.
Reb – Your constant comparison between the chiyyuvim of Daled Kosos and of Ad D’lo Yada is quite clearly misguided. The mitzva of Daled Kosos, along with the other mitzvos during the seder, is to commemorate Yetzias Mitzraim. If anyone were to become slightly intoxicated as a byproduct of fulfilling this mitzva ( which, in my experience, is incredibly rare) it would be simply that, a byproduct. To suggest that the chachamim should patur women from participating in a mitzva in which the kiyyum is the through DRINKING not the INTOXICATION is preposterous. It is very easy to drink the daled kosos and not be intoxicated at all (drinking a very low percentage wine or maybe being makel for the shittos which allow grape juice.
The mitzva of Ad Delo Yada is the intoxication itself. Yes, women are also included in the obligations of the day Purim but for them to become heavily intoxicated to the point of Ad Delo Yada would be a gross violation of a women’s tafkid to be tzanua and an explicit divergence from hashkafas HaTora. Kol kvuda bas melech pnimahasdf