Blessings When Lighting Through a Messenger
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Question
I am bedridden, and my neighbor comes in to light the Chanukah candles for me. Who recites the blessings?
Answer
If you are in the room where the messenger lights the Chanukah candles for you, the messenger recites all the blessings while you listen.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 673, סעיף א) Mishnah Berurah and Beur Halacha (there); Azmera Leshimcha (Issue 118). The general rule is that for Chanukah candles, the messenger recites the blessings only if lighting in the presence of the sender, but if the sender is not there, the messenger recites the blessing for his own lighting at home and lights for the sender based on that blessing. Care should be taken not to interrupt with speech between lightings.
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