Hospitalized During Hanukkah
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Question
I am hospitalized, what should I do about Hanukkah candles?
Answer
A woman who is hospitalized does not need to light if her husband lights at their home. However, if the husband lights at his parents' home or similar, the woman should also light in the hospital, as only the husband's lighting at their home exempts the woman. [The same applies in the reverse case where the husband is hospitalized and the wife is at home]. If the hospitalized woman wishes to light candles herself, even though her husband lights at their home, if she is Ashkenazi, she can light before the husband, and then both light with a blessing.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 673, Paragraph 1) Mishnah Berurah and Beur Halacha (there); Azmera Leshimcha (Issue 118).