We should question ourselves concerning our womenfolk, who eat and drink before the Sabbath prayer, and then the men recite Kiddush for them. Do they act appropriately or not? Must they recite the Kiddush according to law or not, since this takes place before the prayer? …. The prohibition to eat before prayer applies to women as well, just as to men. Since this is the case, they are not to be considered as those who are hungry or thirsty - the hungry and thirsty are permitted to eat - the obligation of Kiddush applies to them. But this is not the case with women whose eating is not according to the Sages' intention; the obligation of Kiddush before prayer does not apply to them by law for the reason that they are not permitted to eat. Also, one must say that the law for these womenfolk - our womenfolk, who do not pray at all, not Shacharit nor during the entire day - is that the obligation of Kiddush does not apply to them during any part of the day. This situation, then, is to be avoided, otherwise we would be rewarding those who transgress…as though it were not enough that they eat when forbidden, we would also be allowing them to do so without Kiddush and this commandment, too, would be uprooted from them… For if a person transgresses and eats before prayer, it is not because he made one transgression by eating that we should also permit him to eat without Kiddush! It would be fitting to say, concerning those who eat in any case, that "at the place of reading there shall be pleasure". Despite that the pleasure is a forbidden one, people have, in this case, enjoyed pleasure and are, in any case, obligated to Kiddush. Therefore, those womenfolk who eat not in accordance with the wishes of our Sages, may they rest in peace, and are transgressing must nevertheless, since they are having enjoyment, recite the Kiddush… Anyhow, womenfolk who drink coffee on the Sabbath morning before Kiddush, act inappropriately. Therefore it seems that the proper and good way is that on Sabbath mornings women begin by making a supplication at the mezuzah and go on to recite the Kiddush, and then drink their coffee. All the same, a man is obligated to teach the members of his household to recite a supplication - in order to fulfill the commandment of prayer.has a special house in which to sleep must light, since as he has a specific house in which to sleep and the public sees him enter and leave it. The risk is that if he does not light, the public does not know that he eats in another place… What is implied by what was written here is that a son who is supported by his father - even if he is married, even if he wishes to light in the room in which he sleeps – (and this seems straightforward to me) may not recite the blessing unless he wishes to light himself – he depends on his father reciting the blessing [to fulfill the commandment]. This entire question is relevant in the case that he wishes to light so as enhance the commandment, for the principle of the law, in my humble opinion, is that it suffices that he participate with his father with a few pennies worth. He needn't at all light in his room, since in our times we actually light inside. This is certainly so in our city, where everybody would know who eats together with his father. Anyhow, concerning our case – a father who eats in his son's home and sleeps in another room must light only in the room in which he eats with his son; all this applies when the son is married, for if he is not married he need not even participate with a few pennies.