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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

61 Lessons on Laws of Hanukkah

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Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Rabbi Avraham Shapira Zt"l
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Rabbi Ya'akov Shapira
Rabbi Uzi Kalchaim zt"l
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Shilt"a
Rabbi Chaim Katz
Rabbi David Dudkevitz
Rabbi Chanan Porat Z"l
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l

27 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 12
R' Eli Stefansky | 19 Tishrei 5786
35 min
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Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 11
R' Eli Stefansky | 18 Tishrei 5786
33 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 10
R' Eli Stefansky | 17 Tishrei 5786
34 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 9
R' Eli Stefansky | 16 Tishrei 5786
36 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 8
R' Eli Stefansky | 15 Tishrei 5786
35 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 7
R' Eli Stefansky | 14 Tishrei 5786
Rosh Hashana
ROSH HASHANA: FOR WHOM THE SHOFAR BLOWS
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Tishrei 1, 5787
Sukkot
SECURITY, BULLETS AND BALLOTS
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Tishrei 14, 5787
34 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 6
R' Eli Stefansky | 13 Tishrei 5786
Moreshet Shaul
Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | 5 Tishrei 5787
Ha'azinu
Raiding the Pushka and Related Questions
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5 Tishrei 7868
P'ninat Mishpat
A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | 5 Tishrei 5787
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Attendance at Shabbat Shuva Drasha
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 5 Tishrei 5787
Moreshet Shaul
Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | 5 Tishrei 5787
The Month of Elul
HA'AZINU – SHABBAT SHUVA – YK - SUKKOT 5787
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Tishrei 8, 5787
Sukkot
The Truth about Schach Mats
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
33 min
Bechorot
Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 5
R' Eli Stefansky | 12 Tishrei 5786
P'ninat Mishpat
A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part II
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | 11 Tishrei 5787
Moreshet Shaul
Hashem Is your Shadow – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | 11 Tishrei 5787
Parashat Hashavua
Happiness for the Right Reasons
[With painful longing, we share these divrei Torah from our co-Rosh Kollel for close to 40 years, Harav Moshe Ehrenreich zt”l.]
Rabbi Moshe Erenreich | 11 Tishrei 5787

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.

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 12

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 11

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 10

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 9

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 8

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 7

ROSH HASHANA: FOR WHOM THE SHOFAR BLOWS

SECURITY, BULLETS AND BALLOTS

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 6

Hashem Is your Shadow – part I

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941

Raiding the Pushka and Related Questions

A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I

(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)

Attendance at Shabbat Shuva Drasha

Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.

Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)

HA'AZINU – SHABBAT SHUVA – YK - SUKKOT 5787

The Truth about Schach Mats

Daf Yomi Bechoros Daf 5

A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part II

(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)

Hashem Is your Shadow – part II

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941

Happiness for the Right Reasons

[With painful longing, we share these divrei Torah from our co-Rosh Kollel for close to 40 years, Harav Moshe Ehrenreich zt”l.]

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.