[Avodah] chanukah candles and women

[Eli Turkel]

> The reason for Mehadrin in Chanuka lighting is because the miracle was
> caused by  a Hidur Mitzva, as they could have lit with Tomai oil,
> since Tuma is allowed in public.
> Now, since there are 2 reasons for lighting; the salvation and
> lighting the Menora, and we know that women are exempt from the Avodah
> in the Bet Hamikdash (see Zera Avrohom 3:6)  therefore women only
> light because of the salvation, since they too were part of that
> miracle.
>Therefore they have no Din of Mehadrin; after all, the reason for
> lighting by oneself is only because of Mehadrin so therefore there's
> no reason for them to light separately.
>As a logical conclusion, if a woman lights, she wouldn't need to
> follow the Mehadrin laws of Chanuka, however the laws of Hidur Mitzva
> - up to a third - would apply. This would be a big Chidush (Mechudash
> Beyoser) and needs research.
>

1. As the author himself admits if a woman is alone and lights candles
I have never heard
that she has only the basic mitzvah and not mehadrin
In fact the Mechaber only mentions mehadrin min hamehadrin

2. He claims that because women are exempt from avodah they are not included in
mehadrin. I lost the connection

In a shiur I went to the rav took it for granted that women are part
of the tzibbur and
so are included in the mitzvah (passively like everyone else) of lighting the
Menorah in the Temple. Is this author assuming that women are not part
of the tzibbur
for getting kaparah from korbanot even though they don't give a half
shekel? Why would
the Menorah be any different from any other service in the Temple?

-- 
Eli Turkel