Yosef Karo

“ Paragraph 3 — A woman lights the Hanukkah light, for she is also obligated in it, but if a deaf-mute, an incompetent, or a minor kindled it, they have accomplished nothing, even if an adult placed it. ”

“ Therefore, if a lamp was burning all day that was kindled on Sabbath Eve for the Hanukkah mitzvah, after Sabbath one extinguishes it and [re] kindles it for the purpose of the mitzvah. In any case, one needs to kindle it in the location of its placement, for if one kindled it inside and brought it outside he has not fulfilled [the mitzvah] , for one who sees [this] will say [that] he kindled it for his own needs. Similarly, if one kindles it and holds it in place with his hand, he has not fulfilled [the mitzvah] , for one who sees [this] will say [that] he is holding it for his own needs. ”

“ For us, where every one of the household members each kindle, a minor who has reached the age of education needs to kindle as well. סעיף ג — אשה מדלקת נר חנוכה שאף היא חייבת בה אבל אם הדליקה חרש שוטה וקטן לא עשה כלום ואע"פ שהניחה גדול ויש מי שאומר בקטן שהגיע לחינוך מותר. ”