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<DIV>From: "Eli Turkel" <A
href="mailto:_eliturkel@gmail.com">_eliturkel@gmail.com</A>_ (<A
href="mailto:eliturkel@gmail.com">mailto:eliturkel@gmail.com</A>)
<BR><BR><EM>>>I still do not understand why wives generally do not
light chanukah candles<BR>according to the Ashkenazi custom that each
person lights separately.... <BR><BR>2. If ishto kegufo why can;t the wife
light even lechachtila for the husband <BR> and why if he is absent does he
need to appoint her as a shaliach? <<</EM></DIV>
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<DIV>The explanation I heard was that this was a conscious
demonstration against "<EM>Tiba'el la-hegmon Tehilla</EM>" which attempted
to separate between a husband a wife. Hence, <EM>davka</EM> here the
custom wants to emphasize <EM>Ishto keGufo</EM>. This would, however, not
exempt the
daughters.<BR><BR>--------------------------------------------------------<BR>Dr.
Aryeh A. Frimer<BR>Chemistry Dept., Bar-Ilan University<BR>Ramat Gan 52900,
ISRAEL<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:FrimeA@mail.biu.ac.il">FrimeA@mail.biu.ac.il</A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>