[Avodah] Women Lighting Menorahs

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Dec 14, 2007 2:17 PM, Steven J Scher <sjscher at eiu.edu> wrote:

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> R'AM
> > My personal practice is that in most cases, I light, but my wife does
> not,
> > and both my sons and daughter light. This follows Mishne Brura 671:9,
> > that because of "ishto k'gufo" (that husband and wife are two halves of
> > a whole), one of them can light and still be following the "each person"
> > rule. It seems to me, though, that my unmarried daughter is unable to
> > rely on this concept until she gets married, and so she must light for
> > herself in order to follow the "each person" rule.
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> I saw this MB too, but don't really understand it.  Is there any other
> case where the halacha or minhag is for everyone to do something, but we
> rely on ishto k'gufo to fulfill it?


Not a direct answer but:
At least with hadlakas neiros [both for Hanukkah and for Shabbos] the wife
can do it for the husband EVEN when the husband is away from thee house!
Obviously this would not work with mitzvos hateluyos beguf.  Maybe this is a
case of a mitzvas hateluya babbayis EVEN for theAshknezice mehadrin min
hamehadrin.


KT,
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