The Chasam Sofer was probably providing a teshuva to a shaila presented to him asking if females should light on Chanuka. That isn’t him “seeing a need to justify” the minhag, but rather him simply answering a shaila and explaining the teshuva.
The Chasam Sofer was probably providing a teshuva to a shaila presented to him asking if females should light on Chanuka. That isn’t him “seeing a need to justify” the minhag, but rather him simply answering a shaila and explaining the teshuva.