[Avodah] Men lighting Shabbat candles with a berakha

[Simon Montagu]

R. Aryeh Frimer wrote on Areivim that if a man lights his own Shabbat
Candles with a berakha, it's probably a *Berakha levatala.*
How is this? I would have expected (by symmetry with the case of a woman
taking lulav etc.) that it's permitted for Ashkenazim and a berakha levatala
for Sephardim.

And what circumstances are we considering? Does it make a difference if the
ba`alat habayit is not at home or not able to light? If that is the case,
and if there are adult unmarried daughters at home who don't have the custom
to light every week, is it better for them to light with a berakha or the
ba`al habayit without?
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