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==Where should one light Chanukah candles in the Shul?== | ==Where should one light Chanukah candles in the Shul?== | ||
#The Chanukia in Shul is put to the right of the Aron HaKodesh, which is the south side of the Shul. Some align it in the direction of South-North and some in the East-West direction. If there’s no set Minhag one should align it in the East-West direction. <ref>Bava Batra 22b says that the menorah was on the south side of the Bet Mikdash. So too the practice is to light the Chanukia in Shul to the south. | #The Chanukia in Shul is put to the right of the Aron HaKodesh, which is the south side of the Shul. Some align it in the direction of South-North and some in the East-West direction. If there’s no set Minhag one should align it in the East-West direction.<ref>Bava Batra 22b says that the menorah was on the south side of the Bet Mikdash. So too the practice is to light the Chanukia in Shul to the south. Shulchan Aruch O.C. 671:7 says that one light to the south of the Shul. There’s a dispute in the Rishonim whether the Menorah in Mikdash was aligned along the south-north axis or the east-west axis. Magen Avraham says that each congregation should keep their Minhag. This is also the opinion of Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 204). However, Rama 671:7 in name of Trumat HaDeshen 104 rules that preferably one should align it along the east-west axis. This is also the opinion of Mishna Brurah 671:42. </ref> | ||
#The person lighting should stand to the south of the Chanukia and light on the first night the right-most candle, closest to the Aron and on the following nights one should light in the direction of left to right. <ref>Mishna Brurah 671:43 in name of Sh”t Chatom Sofer 186. </ref> | #The person lighting should stand to the south of the Chanukia and light on the first night the right-most candle, closest to the Aron and on the following nights one should light in the direction of left to right.<ref>Mishna Brurah 671:43 in name of Sh”t Chatom Sofer 186. </ref> Others have the practice to light standing north of the Chanukia and light on the first night the right-most candle, the one furthest from the Aron.<ref>Edut Lyisrael (v. 1 Chanuka 5765) pp. 1-2 records that the minhag of how the menorah was arranged in the shul in Frankfurt changed over time. The Chatom Sofer said that the minhag in Frankfurt was to light from the candle closet to the Aron, even though that teshuva was written in 1828. However, The Divrei Kehilot records the practice in Frankfurt in 1819 as lighting the first night from the candle furthest from the Aron. Edut Lyisrael explains that the Chatom Sofer was writing from memory what the minhag of Frankfurt when he was a child. He left Frankfurt in 1796 and in the next 25 years the minhag could have switched. See also Shevet Sofer 24.</ref> | ||
==Does one need a minyan to light Chanukah candles in the Shul?== | ==Does one need a minyan to light Chanukah candles in the Shul?== | ||
#One shouldn’t light with a bracha until 10 people are present in Shul even if the rest of the group is going to come while the candles are burning. <ref>Magen Avraham 671 rules that it’s considered Pirsume Nisa if the Shul lights before there are 10 people as long as they come later. [He is discussing the case of Friday afternoon but Mishna Brurah (Shaar Tzion 671:54) says that it can even apply to the weekday]. Mor Ukesiah 671e argues that there’s no Pirsume Nisa unless all 10 are present (even if there’s a need such as on Friday afternoon). Chaye Adam rules like the Magen Avraham, however, Machzik Bracha 671:7, and Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 671:13) rule like the Mor Ukesiah. Yalkut Yosef (Moadim 203 note 43), Sh”t Yabia Omer 10, comments on Rav Poalim 2:62 writes that women and children also count for the [[minyan]] needed for Pirsume Nisa since they are also obligated in the mitzvah of candle lighting. Similarly, the Ran (Megilah 19b), Ritva (Megilah 4a), Nemukei Yosef (Megilah 4a), and Meiri (Megilah 5a) say that women count for a [[minyan]] for megilah reading because they are obligated in that mitzvah. </ref> | #One shouldn’t light with a bracha until 10 people are present in Shul even if the rest of the group is going to come while the candles are burning. <ref>Magen Avraham 671 rules that it’s considered Pirsume Nisa if the Shul lights before there are 10 people as long as they come later. [He is discussing the case of Friday afternoon but Mishna Brurah (Shaar Tzion 671:54) says that it can even apply to the weekday]. Mor Ukesiah 671e argues that there’s no Pirsume Nisa unless all 10 are present (even if there’s a need such as on Friday afternoon). Chaye Adam rules like the Magen Avraham, however, Machzik Bracha 671:7, and Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 671:13) rule like the Mor Ukesiah. Yalkut Yosef (Moadim 203 note 43), Sh”t Yabia Omer 10, comments on Rav Poalim 2:62 writes that women and children also count for the [[minyan]] needed for Pirsume Nisa since they are also obligated in the mitzvah of candle lighting. Similarly, the Ran (Megilah 19b), Ritva (Megilah 4a), Nemukei Yosef (Megilah 4a), and Meiri (Megilah 5a) say that women count for a [[minyan]] for megilah reading because they are obligated in that mitzvah. </ref> | ||
#If there’s a case of need such as on Friday afternoon when one can’t wait until [[Shabbat]] to light, and there’s not 10 people one has what to rely on to light with [[Brachot]]. If it’s easy to get 10 people for the Bracha it’s preferable to arrange a group of 10.<ref>Mishna Brurah 671:47 (and in Beiur Halacha s.v. VeYesh Nohagin), Mekor Chaim, Minchat Elazar, Pri HaSadeh, Sh”t Maharshag, and Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 671:14). </ref> | #If there’s a case of need such as on Friday afternoon when one can’t wait until [[Shabbat]] to light, and there’s not 10 people one has what to rely on to light with [[Brachot]]. If it’s easy to get 10 people for the Bracha it’s preferable to arrange a group of 10.<ref>Mishna Brurah 671:47 (and in Beiur Halacha s.v. VeYesh Nohagin), Mekor Chaim, Minchat Elazar, Pri HaSadeh, Sh”t Maharshag, and Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 671:14). </ref> | ||
