There's a basic principle of " asuk be-mitzvah patur mi--mitzvah"--someone who is busy with one mitzvah is excused from another. This is only for positive mitzvot (ie. prayer, learning) not negative ones (ie. one still needs to eat only kosher). This is the reason some poskim give for why women are not obligated to time-bound mitzvot generally (since women most often have children, and the mitzvah of caring for children properly overids set times for mitzvot--with some exceptions, obviously.) Is that what you are asking? Kol tuv Elisheva
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