[Avodah] wife lighting menora

[Akiva Blum]

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> 
> But I did think of another case which contrasts with this so 
> sharply that I think it is worth mentioning. Consider this:
> 
> A) Ner Chanuka is done by everyone, except the wife.
> B) Ner Shabbos v'YT is done by *no* *one*, except the wife.
> 
> Consider that many similarities between these two mitzvos. 
> Me'ikar hadin, they are both truly on the home and not on any 
> individual. Any one member of the family can light and all 
> will be yotzay. The others don't have to appoint the lighter 
> as their shliach; it is automatic. The others don't even have 
> to be present at the lighting. For example, in many homes the 
> men have already left for shul when the wife lights the 
> Shabbos candles; and on Chanuka, if the husband is away on a 
> business trip, the wife can light for him at home.
> 

I don't believe this is true. He must light for himself where he is with a
brocha.

Akiva