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articles on Laws of Hanukkah

Chanuka Candles and Havdala – Which Comes First?
View the Rabbis answer here >>
The Hidden Candle
One Year the flame jumped and disappeared from the candle
Chanukah – An Illuminating Faith
Chanukah comes at that time of year when nighttime darkness is at its peak.
What Is Jewish Culture?
Darkness spreads its wings ever so slowly over creation

Lessons on Laws of Hanukkah

Women Doing Work on Chanuka
Is the minhag of some women to curtail work on Chanuka binding? When exactly does it apply, and what type of work is included?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Kislev 27 5782
Who Lights the Chanukiya - When, Where & How?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Kislev 21 5782
16. Fields and Vehicles
Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles
The poskim disagree about whether the obligation to light Ĥanuka candles is limited to the home. Some argue that the Sages ordained that only one who has a home must light candles. Others maintain that even one who does not have a home must light candles wherever he is.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
15. Hospital Patients
Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles
A patient in a hospital is still obligated to light Ĥanuka candles. However, if he is married, he fulfills his obligation through his spouse’s lighting at home.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
14. Hotels
Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles
People staying in a hotel must light Ĥanuka candles. It is best to light in one’s hotel room. If the hotel management does not permit guests to light candles in their rooms, then since there is no alternative one should light in the dining room.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
13. Yeshiva Students, Soldiers, and College Students
Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles
A yeshiva student who sleeps in his dormitory room and eats in a cafeteria must light in his room. An uncertainty arises regarding Sephardic students.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
12. Unmarried People who Live Alone
Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles
If an unmarried person has his own home, regardless of whether it is owned or rented, he must light candles there. If he is visiting friends at candle-lighting time but will return home to sleep, he cannot fulfill his obligation at his hosts’ home. Rather, he must return home to light.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
11. A Married Person Who Is Away from Home
Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles
If a married man goes alone on Ĥanuka to visit friends or family while his wife remains at home, his wife must light the candles, and this exempts him from lighting.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782

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What Ungratefulness Leads To
12 Cheshvan 5787
Lech Lecha
What Ungratefulness Leads To
12 Cheshvan 5787
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Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 33
R' Eli Stefansky | 10 Cheshvan 5786
33 min
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Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 32
R' Eli Stefansky | 9 Cheshvan 5786
28 min
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Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 31
R' Eli Stefansky | 8 Cheshvan 5786
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Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 30
R' Eli Stefansky | 7 Cheshvan 5786
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FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Cheshvan 17, 5787
26 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 29
R' Eli Stefansky | 6 Cheshvan 5786
Noach
Preventing Another Flood
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 5 Cheshvan 5785
31 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 28
R' Eli Stefansky | 5 Cheshvan 5786
Noach
THE SEDRA'S TOWERING MESSAGE
Rabbi Stewart Weiss
P'ninat Mishpat
Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
Moreshet Shaul
Connection and Essence
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 799
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Who Deserves the Change?
Rabbi Daniel Mann
Parashat Hashavua
David’s Falling Sukka and its Connection to Noach’s Ark – part I
Rabbi Yossef Carmel
29 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 27
R' Eli Stefansky | 4 Cheshvan 5786
26 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 26
R' Eli Stefansky | 3 Cheshvan 5786
32 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 25
R' Eli Stefansky | 2 Cheshvan 5786

עוד Lessons

articles on Laws of Hanukkah

Chanuka Candles and Havdala – Which Comes First?

View the Rabbis answer here >>

The Hidden Candle

One Year the flame jumped and disappeared from the candle

Chanukah – An Illuminating Faith

Chanukah comes at that time of year when nighttime darkness is at its peak.

What Is Jewish Culture?

Darkness spreads its wings ever so slowly over creation

Women Doing Work on Chanuka

Is the minhag of some women to curtail work on Chanuka binding? When exactly does it apply, and what type of work is included?

Who Lights the Chanukiya - When, Where & How?

16. Fields and Vehicles

Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles

The poskim disagree about whether the obligation to light &#292;anuka candles is limited to the home. Some argue that the Sages ordained that only one who has a home must light candles. Others maintain that even one who does not have a home must light candles wherever he is.

15. Hospital Patients

Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles

A patient in a hospital is still obligated to light &#292;anuka candles. However, if he is married, he fulfills his obligation through his spouse’s lighting at home.

14. Hotels

Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles

People staying in a hotel must light &#292;anuka candles. It is best to light in one’s hotel room. If the hotel management does not permit guests to light candles in their rooms, then since there is no alternative one should light in the dining room.

13. Yeshiva Students, Soldiers, and College Students

Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles

A yeshiva student who sleeps in his dormitory room and eats in a cafeteria must light in his room. An uncertainty arises regarding Sephardic students.

12. Unmarried People who Live Alone

Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles

If an unmarried person has his own home, regardless of whether it is owned or rented, he must light candles there. If he is visiting friends at candle-lighting time but will return home to sleep, he cannot fulfill his obligation at his hosts’ home. Rather, he must return home to light.

11. A Married Person Who Is Away from Home

Chapter 13: When and Where to Light Hanuka Candles

If a married man goes alone on &#292;anuka to visit friends or family while his wife remains at home, his wife must light the candles, and this exempts him from lighting.

What Ungratefulness Leads To

What Ungratefulness Leads To

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 33

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 32

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 31

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 30

FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 29

Preventing Another Flood

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 28

THE SEDRA'S TOWERING MESSAGE

Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II

based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Connection and Essence

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 799

Who Deserves the Change?

David’s Falling Sukka and its Connection to Noach’s Ark – part I

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 27

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 26

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 25

The poskim disagree about whether the obligation to light Ĥanuka candles is limited to the home. Some argue that the Sages ordained that only one who has a home must light candles. Others maintain that even one who does not have a home must light candles wherever he is.

A patient in a hospital is still obligated to light Ĥanuka candles. However, if he is married, he fulfills his obligation through his spouse’s lighting at home.

People staying in a hotel must light Ĥanuka candles. It is best to light in one’s hotel room. If the hotel management does not permit guests to light candles in their rooms, then since there is no alternative one should light in the dining room.

If a married man goes alone on Ĥanuka to visit friends or family while his wife remains at home, his wife must light the candles, and this exempts him from lighting.