Halakhah for Shabbat 45:2

והשתא דאמרינן הדלקה עושה מצוה הדליקה חרש שוטה וקטן לא עשה ולא כלום אשה ודאי מדליקה דא"ר יהושע בן לוי נשים חייבות בנר חנוכה שאף הן היו באותו הנס:

lights it, he does nothing. But a woman may certainly light [it], for R. Joshua b. Levi said: The [precept of the] Hanukkah lamp is obligatory upon women, for they too were concerned in that miracle.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to the Talmud Jewish virgins were subjected to the jus primae noctis before the Maccabean revolt (cf. I Macc. I, 26f, which may perhaps refer to this), and were rescued from it by the 'miracle', i.e., the successful Maccabean uprising. ');">⁴</span> R. Shesheth said: The [precept of the] Hanukkah lamp is incumbent upon a guest.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not living in his own house but as a guest or boarder elsewhere. ');">⁵</span> R. Zera said: Originally, when I was at the academy, I shared the cost<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the coins'-the cost of the oil for the Hanukkah lamp. ');">⁶</span> with mine host;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He did not kindle lights for himself but purchased a share in those lit by his host. ');">⁷</span>

Peninei Halakhah, Women's Prayer