Needs is ner ish uveito -- one candle per household each night. Mehadrin is one candle per person each night. Mehadrin min ham'hadrin is one candle per elapsed night per person each night.
The Mechaber says once a child (son?) is of chinuch age the child should light, and the Rema says a child (son?) of chinuch age must light, unless it is in a place where the minhag hamaqom is one candle per household.
So, yes, the requirement would be satisfied if we used but the one chunkkiyah. However, the children would not be. (And given my egalitarian proclivities, and given that lighting the chanukkiyah is that rare case of a mitzvat aseh shehazman gerama which a woman can perform for a man, I'm happier saying "everyone gets one's own chanukkiyah!")
Now, if you'll excuse me, my italic key needs a rest. :-)
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Date: 2006-12-19 02:12 am (UTC)The Mechaber says once a child (son?) is of chinuch age the child should light, and the Rema says a child (son?) of chinuch age must light, unless it is in a place where the minhag hamaqom is one candle per household.
So, yes, the requirement would be satisfied if we used but the one chunkkiyah. However, the children would not be. (And given my egalitarian proclivities, and given that lighting the chanukkiyah is that rare case of a mitzvat aseh shehazman gerama which a woman can perform for a man, I'm happier saying "everyone gets one's own chanukkiyah!")
Now, if you'll excuse me, my italic key needs a rest. :-)