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# It is preferable to light candles before Yom Tov rather than on Yom Tov.<ref>Mateh Efraim 625:33. [https://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/halacha-hashkafa/yom-tov-candles-obligation-or-violation/2021/05/13/ Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman] notes that nowadays that we have electric lights it is more important to light before Yom Tov with the lights off and then turn them on as opposed to lighting after Yom Tov begins and it is forbidden to turn off and on lights.</ref> | # It is preferable to light candles before Yom Tov rather than on Yom Tov.<ref>Mateh Efraim 625:33, Rav Schachter ([https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/800878/Shiur-#37Shabboskavod-v'oneg Shabbat Shiur 37, min 12-13]) quoting Rav Soloveitchik. [https://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/halacha-hashkafa/yom-tov-candles-obligation-or-violation/2021/05/13/ Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman] notes that nowadays that we have electric lights it is more important to light before Yom Tov with the lights off and then turn them on as opposed to lighting after Yom Tov begins and it is forbidden to turn off and on lights. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/800878/Shiur-#37Shabboskavod-v'oneg Rabbi Schachter] agreed with this point.</ref> | ||
==Second Day Yom Tov== | ==Second Day Yom Tov== | ||
# Most poskim hold that one must light the candles for the second day of Yom Tov after nightfall because it is forbidden to prepare from one day of Yom Tov for the next.<ref> The son of the Prisha (Introduction to Prisha YD) quotes his mother as saying that on the second day of Yom Tov one must light after nightfall so as not to prepare from one day of Yom Tov for the next. The Levush 488 and Eliyah Rabba 488:7 argues that one may light before nightfall as long as it is getting dark out because the candles are beneficial even for the first day so that one can see better in the light. Mishna Brurah 514:33 agrees. Nitai Gavriel (Yom Tov v. 2, 15:3, p. 107) points out that the Eliyah Rabba would agree with the Prisha's mother in the common case where there are electric lights on and the candles doesn't make it easier to see.</ref> | # Most poskim hold that one must light the candles for the second day of Yom Tov after nightfall because it is forbidden to prepare from one day of Yom Tov for the next.<ref> The son of the Prisha (Introduction to Prisha YD) quotes his mother as saying that on the second day of Yom Tov one must light after nightfall so as not to prepare from one day of Yom Tov for the next. The Levush 488 and Eliyah Rabba 488:7 argues that one may light before nightfall as long as it is getting dark out because the candles are beneficial even for the first day so that one can see better in the light. Mishna Brurah 514:33 agrees. Nitai Gavriel (Yom Tov v. 2, 15:3, p. 107) points out that the Eliyah Rabba would agree with the Prisha's mother in the common case where there are electric lights on and the candles doesn't make it easier to see.</ref> | ||
