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A Man’s Obligation to Light Shabbos Candles When Wife is Away

01/03/2011

If I’m in Florida for shabbos & my wife is in Brooklyn do I have to bentch licht seperately?

Answer:

Yes. If a man is home alone, he has an obligation to light candles in honor of Shabbos.

Sources: Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 263.

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