Lighting Hanukkah Candles for a Divorced Woman
Question
A single mother with a child who will have his Bar Mitzvah in six months, who should light the candles: she or her son?
Answer
Shalom Rav,
She lights for herself, and her son lights for education.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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