Buying Oil Before Lighting
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Question
Hello, I am a young man and I light candles at my parents' home. My mother wants to prepare the menorah with the oil, claiming that this is her part in the Chanukah candles, and she reminds us, her sons, that we try to prepare the Shabbat candles for her, so when I come from the yeshiva, everything is ready, and I only bless and light the prepared candles with the shamash. The question is, shouldn't the oil be mine, and do I need to perform any act of acquisition with the oil?
Answer
A yeshiva student lighting the candles does not need to perform an act of acquisition for the oil to be his.
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