Tehillah Abramov says in "Secret to Jewish Femininity" p. 32 that "The Kabbalists add that the fact that women do not ask for the opportunity to perform more mitzvot is a reflection of their unique nature. What is the intent of the mitzvot? to train our human natures to be attuned to God's will. Men are given more mitzvot because they require more training. Women by nature do not require as much 'training' because they possess a natural, intuitive connection to God's will." However, she doesn't give a source. Where in the Kabbalah is this said? The Gemara in Avodah Zarah says kohanim have more mitzvos because they have more kiddusah. The Baal Magen Avraham says women are exempt from positive time bound commandments because their yetzer tov is smaller than that of men. (Zies Rananan on Yalkut Shimoni, Shmuel 1:1) If women are more attuned to God's will, shouldn't the women be the rabbis? Shouldn't the wives be in charge at home? But the Gemara in Baba Matzia 59a says the man who goes about in the counsel of his wife goes to gehennom. So if you have a source for the comment in "Secret to Jewish Femininity," can you please share it? You might offer Rav Hirsch on Vayikra. But that is not the kabbalah. And Rav Hirsch chocks it up more to the environment and says women don't need those mitzvos for "their job."
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