From the Ravs Desk: Latest articles and Q&A [Thursday 2nd Teves 5785]

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It should be lit before Maariv if everyone will be leaving immediately after Maariv.

Until what time at night may the Shul’s Menorah be lit?[1]

One may light the Shul’s Menorah so long as there is a Minyan present and the Menorah has not yet been lit in that Shul, and the Minyan has not yet participated in another Shul’s lighting. This applies even if the entire Minyan already lit their Menorah at home and it is very late.

[1] Mishnas Sachir 202; Piskeiy Teshuvos 671:16

Yes. She is no longer liable for murder.

See Encyclopedia Talmudit Vol. 2 Erech Ishtani Gufa p. 302; Sanhedrin 71b; Rambam Melachim 10:4

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