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# Having two Chanukiyot in one case can be an issue of lacking recognition of the day of [[Chanukah]] and so one Chanukia should be raised so that the flames are seen separately. <Ref>Or Yisrael (Dardak pg 86), Kol MeHeichal (pg 520) in name of Rav Ovadyah Auerbach, and Or Yisrael (Blinsky pg 105) </ref> | # Having two Chanukiyot in one case can be an issue of lacking recognition of the day of [[Chanukah]] and so one Chanukia should be raised so that the flames are seen separately. <Ref>Or Yisrael (Dardak pg 86), Kol MeHeichal (pg 520) in name of Rav Ovadyah Auerbach, and Or Yisrael (Blinsky pg 105) </ref> | ||
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# The Chanukia should be placed within a [[Tefach]] of the left side of the door, opposite the doorpost with the [[mezuzah]]. If there's no [[mezuzah]] one should light within a [[Tefach]] of the right side of the door. <Ref>In Gemara [[Shabbat]] 22a Rabba says that the [[chanuka]] candles should be set up within a [[Tefach]] of the door. The Gemara continues with a dispute whether [[Chanukah]] candles should be on the left or right side of the door and concludes that the halacha is that it should be placed on the left so that the [[mezuzah]] is on the right and [[Chanukah]] candles on the left. S”A 671:7 | # The Chanukia should be placed within a [[Tefach]] of the left side of the door, opposite the doorpost with the [[mezuzah]]. If there's no [[mezuzah]] one should light within a [[Tefach]] of the right side of the door. <Ref>In the Gemara [[Shabbat]] 22a Rabba says that the [[chanuka]] candles should be set up within a [[Tefach]] of the door. The Gemara continues with a dispute whether [[Chanukah]] candles should be on the left or right side of the door and concludes that the halacha is that it should be placed on the left so that the [[mezuzah]] is on the right and [[Chanukah]] candles on the left. Tur and S”A 671:7 rule like the Gemara that the [[chanuka]] candles should be placed within a [[Tefach]] of the left side of the door opposite the [[Mezuzah]]. Chazon Ovadia pg. 32 holds like this. Shulchan Aruch also adds that if there's no [[mezuzah]] one should light on the right side of the door.</Ref> | ||
# The [[Chanukah]] candles should be placed between 3 and 10 [[tefachim]] (between 24 and 80 centimeters) from the ground. If they are placed above 10 [[Tefachim]], one fulfilled the obligation. <ref> [[Shabbat]] 21b the statement of Ravina that it’s a mitzvah (preferable) to place it below ten; Ran (9b s.v. Garsi) in name of Rabbenu Chananel and Rabbenu Yonah, Rashba ([[Shabbat]] 21b Amar Ravina), Rosh ([[Shabbat]] 2:5), Smag ([[Chanukah]] 250d), Smak (280, 277), Tur and S”A 671:6 hold like Ravina even though the gemara questions him. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 139:8 concurs. Bet Yosef 671:6 says since the Rif and Rambam don’t mention this it means you can place it anywhere, but to fulfill everyone’s opinion one should put it below 10. Also, [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=23994&st=&pgnum=229 Orchot Chaim (p. 117b n. 3)] and Kol Bo hold explicitly like Rambam and Rif that only after the fact can light under 10. [Moreover, [[Seder]] Hayom and Gefen Poriah (Bava Kama 62b) say that one doesn’t fulfill his obligation if the candles were placed below 10. Yet, the [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=7949&st=&pgnum=245 Nemukei Orach Chaim 671:2] disputes such an opinion.] | # The [[Chanukah]] candles should be placed between 3 and 10 [[tefachim]] (between 24 and 80 centimeters) from the ground. If they are placed above 10 [[Tefachim]], one fulfilled the obligation. <ref> [[Shabbat]] 21b the statement of Ravina that it’s a mitzvah (preferable) to place it below ten; Ran (9b s.v. Garsi) in name of Rabbenu Chananel and Rabbenu Yonah, Rashba ([[Shabbat]] 21b Amar Ravina), Rosh ([[Shabbat]] 2:5), Smag ([[Chanukah]] 250d), Smak (280, 277), Tur and S”A 671:6 hold like Ravina even though the gemara questions him. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 139:8 concurs. Bet Yosef 671:6 says since the Rif and Rambam don’t mention this it means you can place it anywhere, but to fulfill everyone’s opinion one should put it below 10. Also, [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=23994&st=&pgnum=229 Orchot Chaim (p. 117b n. 3)] and Kol Bo hold explicitly like Rambam and Rif that only after the fact can light under 10. [Moreover, [[Seder]] Hayom and Gefen Poriah (Bava Kama 62b) say that one doesn’t fulfill his obligation if the candles were placed below 10. Yet, the [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=7949&st=&pgnum=245 Nemukei Orach Chaim 671:2] disputes such an opinion.] | ||
* The Bet Yosef 671:6 cites a dispute between the Mordechai ([[Shabbat]] ch. 2, n. 266) who writes that since everyone lights indoors, one can light even above 10 and the Tur (671:6) who writes to place it within 10 not differentiating between indoors and outside. | * The Bet Yosef 671:6 cites a dispute between the Mordechai ([[Shabbat]] ch. 2, n. 266) who writes that since everyone lights indoors, one can light even above 10 and the Tur (671:6) who writes to place it within 10 not differentiating between indoors and outside. | ||
