[Avodah] wife lighting menora

[Akiva Blum]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kennethgmiller at juno.com [mailto:kennethgmiller at juno.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday 07 December 2010 1:56 PM
> To: ydamyb at gmail.com
> 
> 
> Referring to an achsenai, MB 677:2 writes: "The din is that 
> if his wife lights Ner Chanukah at home, then he is yotzay 
> his chiyuv with her lighting, even though he is far from 
> home, and he no longer has to join [with the host] even with prutos."
> 
> The MB continues with questions about what his and his wife's 
> kavana was, but that does not detract from the basic din that 
> the wife *can* light for him.
> 

I misread what you wrote. But anyway, in that case, they are not the same.
Neiros Shabbos, he cannot be yotzei with her lighting, and must light for
himself where he is.

Akiva