Lighting on Erev Shabbos:[1] When are the Chanukah candles lit? On Erev Shabbos, the Chanukah candles are lit prior to the Shabbos candles.[2] The candles are lit with a blessing even though they are being lit while still day.[3] [The earliest time one can begin to light the Chanukah […]
When may one extinguish the Chanukah candles? Leaving home shortly after candle lighting, afraid that the unsupervised candles can lead G-d forbid to a fire? Many ask due to these reasons if they may extinguish the Chanukah candles after it has been lit for some time. This question is especially […]
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When may one extinguish the Chanukah candles? Leaving home shortly after candle lighting, afraid that the unsupervised candles can lead G-d forbid to a fire? Many ask due to these reasons if they may extinguish the Chanukah candles after it has been lit for some time. This question is especially […]
Where is one to light the candles if he is eating by a friend or relative on one of the nights of Chanukah?[1] One’s family remained home: If an individual happens to be eating out on one of the nights of Chanukah, he must return home to his family to […]
To purchase this Sefer, click here The Mitzvah of lighting Chanukah candles:[1] [A year after the Chanukah miracle, the Sages instituted to light candles annualy in commemoration of the miracle.[2] Lighting Chanukah candles is one of the seven Rabbinical commands.[3]] One must be very careful in the Mitzvah of lighting […]
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy here May one eat biscuits, cakes, candies, chocolate, and the like, which have words/letters/pictures engraved on them?[1] To break it and then eat it:[2] It is forbidden to break the letters that are on a food, even if the letters are […]
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here Aveilus:[1] The laws of Aveilus apply on Chanukah just as the rest of the year. Hesped: [2] One may not recite a eulogy during Chanukah unless the person is a Torah Sage, and his body is present [i.e. […]
This article is an excerpt from To purchase this Sefer, click here The Mamar “Inyan Chanukah….Tanu Rabanan Beis Shamaiy…” [Torah Or p. 32a] The Torah Or of this Parsha includes an exposition of two Mamarim relating to the Chanukah holiday that are printed in Torah Or on Parshas Mikeitz. The Chanukah […]
To purchase this Sefer, click here. Chanukah Checklist Chanukah Customs: Meals: Increase in meals and festivities each day of Chanukah. Sing praise and song during the meals. On Shabbos Chanukah, increase in foods more than a regular Shabbos. On Rosh Chodesh Teves one is to increase in foods more than […]
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