QUESTION

If I blow shofar just for my wife later in the day, should she make both berakhot herself and I just blow?

ANSWER

Correct – she should make the berkahot. See the Rema (SA OH 589:6):

אף על פי שנשים פטורות יכולות לתקוע וכן אחר שיצא כבר יכול לתקוע להוציאן אבל אין מברכות ולא יברכו להן: הגה והמנהג שהנשים מברכות על מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא ע”כ גם כאן מברכות לעצמן אבל אחרים לא יברכו להן אם כבר יצאו ואינן תוקעין רק לנשים אבל אם תוקעין לאיש המחוייב מברכין לו אע”פ שכבר יצאו כמו שנתבאר סי’ תקפ”ה סעיף ב’ בהג”ה א’ (ד”ע):

Even though women and exempt, they are permitted to blow. So too, even after a man fulfilled his obligation, he is still able to blow for their obligation. However, [in these cases,] they should not make the blessing, nor should he make the blessing for them. Rema: And [our] custom is that women make blessings on positive time-bound mitzvot, so here too they would make the blessing for themselves. However, others should not bless for them if they have already fulfilled their obligation and are only blowing for the sake of women. However, if they are blowing [for women and] a man who is obligated, they make a blessing on his account, even though they already fulfilled their obligation, as has been explained in Chapter 585, subsection 2 in the first gloss.