[Avodah] women lighting candles

[Eli Turkel]

>
> In answer to your assertion that "we do pasken that women are required" a
> simple look around at all chareidi homes and chassidishe homes and most
> Litvishe homes will show you that women do not light their own menorahs when
> their husbands are present, and if you are trying to claim that chareidim
> don't know halacha I don't know what else to say.
>

I say that the evidence that women should not light their own candles
is not exactly
overwhelming.  I would even suggest that much of the stress on their
not lighting
is anti-feminism more than strict halacha. A similar phenomena occurs in zimmun.
many poskim agree that 3 women together should make a zimmun. Nevertheless this
rarely occrs especially in chassidishe and litvishe homes more for reaons of
anti-feminism than strict halacha

Therefore I am deeply bothered by suggestions that those who advocate
these issues
are radical leftists. RYBS and RAL are not radical leftists and after
deeply considering
the issue suggest that women should light their own candles. As with many issues
there are other viewpoints


-- 
Eli Turkel