[Avodah] wife lighting menora

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

R' Rafi Goldmeier asked:

> Where else do we find a wife being excluded from a mitzva because of the
> exception of eeshto k'gufo? I could not think of any other mitzva where
> we exclude her like this. If this is the only one, what is different
> about Chanukah candles that we exclude her

Of interest:
http://books.google.com/books?id=1QAZVzTJz2MC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=%22ishto
+k'gufo%22&source=bl&ots=AhOQe23eos&sig=FYl-FEyhp0DUtQ5AEZhMIIChr98&hl=en&ei
=jokATfjCG8H7lwf17MD7CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBwQ6AEw
AQ#v=onepage&q=%22ishto%20k'gufo%22&f=false

Or, 

http://tinyurl.com/236t85m

KT,
MYG