Condition for Lighting by the Wife
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Question
I live in the settlement of Hashmonaim, and sometimes I get stuck in traffic on the road leading to my home for a long time. When this happens on the nights of Hanukkah, I am not sure if I will be able to reach home while there are still people on the street. In principle, I can send my wife to light the candles, but I prefer to light them myself with a blessing, rather than fulfill the obligation through her lighting. Can I tell my wife to light and make a condition that if I do not manage to arrive on time, I will fulfill the obligation through her lighting? And if I do manage to arrive, I will not fulfill it through her lighting, and thus be able to bless on my own lighting?
Answer
Hello,
A person whose wife has lit the candles at home fulfills the obligation through her lighting and cannot bless again on the lighting.
Except for a person who sleeps in another house and also lights before his wife lights in her home.