Lighting on behalf of an Alzheimer’s patient
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Question
They lit candles on behalf of an Alzheimer’s patient who at certain times remembers that today is Chanukah and knows the halachot, and at other times does not, and even if he is told he immediately forgets afterwards, and his status is that of a shoteh (legally incompetent). They lit on his behalf at a time when he did not remember and was like a shoteh. When his memory returns, does he need to light again?
Answer
He must light again.
Source
Rosh Hashanah 28; Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, siman 675.
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