When the gentile lights the candle by the banquet, why don’t we consider it to have been done for his own benefit?
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When the gentile lights the candle by the banquet, why don’t we consider it to have been done for his own benefit?
The rule of Ner La’echad Ne Lame’ah is used to negate the problem of Sheme Hosif when he clearly lit it for himself. There is no concept of adding for someone else. However, when it comes to doing it for the majority of occupants, that is his motivation for lighting it in the first place.