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==Order of lighting== | ==Order of lighting== | ||
[[Image:Bet Yosef lighting.png|250px|right]] | [[Image:Bet Yosef lighting.png|250px|thumb| Shulchan Aruch's order of lighting|right]] | ||
# On the first night, the candle should be placed on the rightmost side of the Chanukia. The second night the two candles should be placed in the two rightmost spots and should be lit from left to right (the way English is written), moving your hand away from the door, always lighting the new candle first. <ref> | # On the first night, the candle should be placed on the rightmost side of the Chanukia. The second night the two candles should be placed in the two rightmost spots and should be lit from left to right (the way English is written), moving your hand away from the door, always lighting the new candle first. <ref> | ||
* Shulchan Aruch 676:5 writes that on the first night one should light the rightmost candle and on the second night one should add a candle to the left of the first one and light the new one first and then the old one so that one lights from left to right (the way English is written). The Bet Yosef 676:5 bases this approach on the Sh”t Mahari Kolon 183 and Mordechai (Shabbat 2:268). This is also the opinion of the Arizal (Shaar Kavanot pg 108c), Nagid VeMitzvah (26:72), Maharil (quoted by the Magan Avraham 676:5). | * Shulchan Aruch 676:5 writes that on the first night one should light the rightmost candle and on the second night one should add a candle to the left of the first one and light the new one first and then the old one so that one lights from left to right (the way English is written). The Bet Yosef 676:5 bases this approach on the Sh”t Mahari Kolon 183 and Mordechai (Shabbat 2:268). This is also the opinion of the Arizal (Shaar Kavanot pg 108c), Nagid VeMitzvah (26:72), Maharil (quoted by the Magan Avraham 676:5). | ||
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* Halacha: Mishna Brurah 676:5 quotes the Bet Yosef and the Gra and concludes one can do like either one. The Pri HaChadash, Bear Sheva (Sotah 15b), Nezirut Shimshon (Sotah 15b), Sh”t Chatam Sofer O”C 187, Chazon Ovadiah (Chanuka pg 33) argue on the Levush and hold like S”A. Kovetz Hamoedim (Moriah pg 61), Evan Israel (9 pg 129a), Sadeh HaAretz O”C 3:33, and Nehar Mitzrayim Chanuka 7 argue on the Gra and hold like S”A. The Kitzur S”A 139:11, Kaf HaChaim 676:31, Aruch HaShulchan 676:11, Natai Gavriel (Chanuka 28:2, pg 177), and Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 229) write that the halacha and minhag follow Shulchan Aruch. | * Halacha: Mishna Brurah 676:5 quotes the Bet Yosef and the Gra and concludes one can do like either one. The Pri HaChadash, Bear Sheva (Sotah 15b), Nezirut Shimshon (Sotah 15b), Sh”t Chatam Sofer O”C 187, Chazon Ovadiah (Chanuka pg 33) argue on the Levush and hold like S”A. Kovetz Hamoedim (Moriah pg 61), Evan Israel (9 pg 129a), Sadeh HaAretz O”C 3:33, and Nehar Mitzrayim Chanuka 7 argue on the Gra and hold like S”A. The Kitzur S”A 139:11, Kaf HaChaim 676:31, Aruch HaShulchan 676:11, Natai Gavriel (Chanuka 28:2, pg 177), and Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 229) write that the halacha and minhag follow Shulchan Aruch. | ||
* The picture of Shulchan Aruch's lighting is above by the summarized halacha. The pictures for the other opinions are below or see different drawings in [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46444&st=&pgnum=631 Sefer Natai Gavriel (Chanuka pg 637)]. | * The picture of Shulchan Aruch's lighting is above by the summarized halacha. The pictures for the other opinions are below or see different drawings in [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46444&st=&pgnum=631 Sefer Natai Gavriel (Chanuka pg 637)]. | ||
[[Image:Levush's lighting.png| | [[Image:Levush's lighting.png| thumb|Levush's order of lighting|250px]] | ||
[[Image:Gra's lighting.png| | [[Image:Gra's lighting.png| thumb| Gra's order of lighting |250px]]</ref> | ||
==Getting benefit from the light of the candles== | ==Getting benefit from the light of the candles== | ||
