Re – above question, The Rov mentioned that women after saying a Brocho or Tefila, are required to say Kiddush on Shabbos morning before drinking even water. Don’t almost all women say ‘Mode Ani” when they wake up as men do. If so they should always have to say Kidush?

Horav Dovid Pam Shlit’a explained that Mode Ani is just a thanks expression and not a Brocho or Tefila (that is why it is recited even before washing hands. Mishna Berura 1: 8) Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is similar.