When our sons were young, they each lit their own menorahs and my husband and I took turns lighting one for the 4 of us. We always used candles. What else was there? After our sons started becoming religiously observant, they insisted on using the menorahs they got from their yeshivas. These menorahs had little glass viles into which oil was to be poured. They enjoyed these menorahs to much more than the candles that my husband and I started using one also. But now that our sons are both married, we've gone back to the candles. To me they're just as beautiful and a lot less messy to clean. I don't think they're any less acceptble in the religiously observant world, but I could be wrong. Also, I never gave any thought as to the appropriateness of me lighting a menorah, whether as a child or as an adult. However, the other day when my husband was on the phone with our 6-yeaar-old granddaughter, the conversation went something like this:
"Did you light the menorah last night?" my husband asked.
"Of course not!" came the reply.
"Why not?"
"Girls don't light menorahs. Only boys do."
Is there something wrong with a girl lighting a menorah? Beats me.
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