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# Ideally one should stand near the candles on the left side of the chanukia so that one need not pass over the candles on the right when lighting.<ref>Mishna Brurah 676:11</ref> | # Ideally one should stand near the candles on the left side of the chanukia so that one need not pass over the candles on the right when lighting.<ref>Mishna Brurah 676:11</ref> | ||
# Some say one should say HaNeirot Halalu after lighting the first candle, while others suggest saying it after lighting all the candles.<Ref>Masechet Sofrim 20:4 says that a person should say HaNeirot Halalu and implies that it is said in middle of the lighting. Magen Avraham 676:3 says that HaNeirot should be recited after lighting the first candle, while Pri Megadim M”Z 676:5 suggests that perhaps since the Bracha applies to all of the candles, one should say HaNeirot Halalu after lighting all of the candles. Mishna Brurah 676:8 cites both opinions. </ref> | # Some say one should say HaNeirot Halalu after lighting the first candle, while others suggest saying it after lighting all the candles.<Ref>Masechet Sofrim 20:4 says that a person should say HaNeirot Halalu and implies that it is said in middle of the lighting. Magen Avraham 676:3 says that HaNeirot should be recited after lighting the first candle, while Pri Megadim M”Z 676:5 suggests that perhaps since the Bracha applies to all of the candles, one should say HaNeirot Halalu after lighting all of the candles. Mishna Brurah 676:8 cites both opinions. </ref> | ||
# Some say that one shouldn't blow out a candle but should extinguish it another way.<ref>Kaf HaChaim YD 116:115</ref> Others say that there's no concern nowadays.<ref>Rivevot Efraim 8:103:6</ref> | |||
==Number of candles to light== | ==Number of candles to light== | ||
# The mitzvah of lighting [[Chanukah]] candles is a very special and dear mitzvah. Even a poor person should rent or sell his clothing or hire himself out in order to get enough money to purchase at least one candle for every night. The Gabbai [[Tzedaka]] (local [[charity]] distributor) needs to make sure that the poor have enough money to purchase at least one candle every night. <ref>The above halacha is a quote from the Rambam [[Chanukah]] 4:12 and S”A 671:1. This is based on the the Mishna (Pesachim 99b) which states that a poor person may take from the [[charity]] fund in order to purchase the 4 cups of wine on [[Pesach]]. The Gemara explains that the poor can take from [[charity]] for this because it has the very significant purpose of Pirsumeh Nisa, publicizing the miracle of our leaving Egypt. The [[Maggid]] Mishna ([[Chanukah]] 4:12) comments that this is the source of the Rambam's ruling that even a poor should should rent or sell his clothing in order to be able to light [[Chanukah]] candles because concept of publisizing the miracle applies even more to [[Chanukah]] than by the 4 cups of [[Pesach]]. The Lechem Mishna ([[Chanukah]] 4:12) argues the law of publicizing the miracle by [[Chanukah]] is equal to the 4 cups of wine. The Sh”t Kanaf Ranana O”C 84 defends the Miggid Mishna saying that the [[Chanukah]] candles are the only way in which we publicize the miracle of [[Chanukah]], whereas regarding [[Pesach]] there are other actions we do to publicize the miracle besides the 4 cups of wine. </ref> | # The mitzvah of lighting [[Chanukah]] candles is a very special and dear mitzvah. Even a poor person should rent or sell his clothing or hire himself out in order to get enough money to purchase at least one candle for every night. The Gabbai [[Tzedaka]] (local [[charity]] distributor) needs to make sure that the poor have enough money to purchase at least one candle every night. <ref>The above halacha is a quote from the Rambam [[Chanukah]] 4:12 and S”A 671:1. This is based on the the Mishna (Pesachim 99b) which states that a poor person may take from the [[charity]] fund in order to purchase the 4 cups of wine on [[Pesach]]. The Gemara explains that the poor can take from [[charity]] for this because it has the very significant purpose of Pirsumeh Nisa, publicizing the miracle of our leaving Egypt. The [[Maggid]] Mishna ([[Chanukah]] 4:12) comments that this is the source of the Rambam's ruling that even a poor should should rent or sell his clothing in order to be able to light [[Chanukah]] candles because concept of publisizing the miracle applies even more to [[Chanukah]] than by the 4 cups of [[Pesach]]. The Lechem Mishna ([[Chanukah]] 4:12) argues the law of publicizing the miracle by [[Chanukah]] is equal to the 4 cups of wine. The Sh”t Kanaf Ranana O”C 84 defends the Miggid Mishna saying that the [[Chanukah]] candles are the only way in which we publicize the miracle of [[Chanukah]], whereas regarding [[Pesach]] there are other actions we do to publicize the miracle besides the 4 cups of wine. </ref> | ||
