Editing Blind Person (Iver) (section)

== Halachot for the Blind ==

=== General Obligation in Mitzvot ===
According to Rabbi Yehuda, a blind person is exempt from mitzvot, but the Sages hold that a blind person is obligated in mitzvot (and the halacha follows them).

=== Blessing of "Pokeach Ivrim" (Who Opens the Eyes of the Blind) ===
A blind person does not recite the blessing "Pokeach Ivrim" since this is something they lack.

=== Tzitzit ===
A blind person is obligated in the mitzvah of tzitzit, and although it is written "and you shall see it," this comes to exclude night garments.

=== Being Called to the Torah ===
According to the Shulchan Aruch, a blind person should not be called up to the Torah, but according to the Rama, it is permitted.

=== Shabbat Candles ===
It is preferable that the husband of a blind woman light the candles. If she could see in the past and was accustomed to lighting, she may continue, but she should try to light first.