Reply To: Women and work on Chanukah

Women are allowed to work on chanuka. There is a minhag specifically for women- not men- to not to work while candles are lit, specifically for the first half hour – the min. time they need to be lit. While I don’t think that this minhag means that she will miss her deadline (the family could be eating supper together during this time), the husband is always welcome to pitch in!