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*Rav Nissim Karlitz (Chut Sheni [[Chanukah]] pg 306-7) explains the position of the Chazon Ish as follows: nowadays one may not light in a courtyard since the courtyards aren’t used as part of the house as they were in the times of the Gemara. Rather one should light at one’s door unless people won't see it in which case one should light in the window facing the public domain. Yet, if the window is above 20 [[amot]] from the street it’s preferable to light at the entrance of one’s door towards the stairwell which is used by a few tenants instead of lighting one’s table. | *Rav Nissim Karlitz (Chut Sheni [[Chanukah]] pg 306-7) explains the position of the Chazon Ish as follows: nowadays one may not light in a courtyard since the courtyards aren’t used as part of the house as they were in the times of the Gemara. Rather one should light at one’s door unless people won't see it in which case one should light in the window facing the public domain. Yet, if the window is above 20 [[amot]] from the street it’s preferable to light at the entrance of one’s door towards the stairwell which is used by a few tenants instead of lighting one’s table. | ||
*Similarly, Torat HaMoadim (Rav Dovid Yosef, 2:2, pg 74-6) also rules that it's preferable not to light by the entrance of the stairwell because of the reasoning of the Chazon Ish and because nowadays it's not crucial to light outside. However, he contends that it's better to light by the window facing the public domain and if that's above 20 [[amot]], then one should light by the door of one's apartment. [Torat HaMoadim writes that this seems to be implied from the ruling of his father, Rav Ovadyah Yosef, in Kol Torah (5725 Kislev) (and Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 198)) that one who lives in an apartment building should light by the window unless it is above 20 [[amot]] from the street in which case one should light by the door inside. Torat HaMoadim 2:2 (pg 74-76) infers from this that Rav Ovadyah holds one shouldn't light by the entrance of the stairwell perhaps because of the Chazon Ish's reasoning.] Or Letzion v. 4 p. 243 agrees.</ref> Some say that if there are buildings facing the apartment then one may light in the window above 20 amot rather than light inside.<ref>Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 39 writes that one can light in the window even if it is more than 20 amot above the street level if there are buildings opposite it since they are able to see his candles. This is preferable to lighting by the door on the inside. See Torat Hamoadim 3:7 p. 87 who writes that a window above 20 amot from the street shouldn't be lit in rather one should just light by the door from the inside.</ref> | *Similarly, Torat HaMoadim (Rav Dovid Yosef, 2:2, pg 74-6) also rules that it's preferable not to light by the entrance of the stairwell because of the reasoning of the Chazon Ish and because nowadays it's not crucial to light outside. However, he contends that it's better to light by the window facing the public domain and if that's above 20 [[amot]], then one should light by the door of one's apartment. [Torat HaMoadim writes that this seems to be implied from the ruling of his father, Rav Ovadyah Yosef, in Kol Torah (5725 Kislev) (and Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 198)) that one who lives in an apartment building should light by the window unless it is above 20 [[amot]] from the street in which case one should light by the door inside. Torat HaMoadim 2:2 (pg 74-76) infers from this that Rav Ovadyah holds one shouldn't light by the entrance of the stairwell perhaps because of the Chazon Ish's reasoning.] Or Letzion v. 4 p. 243 agrees.</ref> Some say that if there are buildings facing the apartment then one may light in the window above 20 amot rather than light inside.<ref>Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 39 writes that one can light in the window even if it is more than 20 amot above the street level if there are buildings opposite it since they are able to see his candles. This is preferable to lighting by the door on the inside. See Torat Hamoadim 3:7 p. 87 who writes that a window above 20 amot from the street shouldn't be lit in rather one should just light by the door from the inside.</ref> | ||
===Office Buildings=== | |||
# One could light chanuka candles without a bracha in an office building where one works. The primary lighting with a bracha is done at home.<Ref>[Piskei Shemuot Chanuka p. 53 quotes Rav Elyashiv as holding that one can not fulfill one's obligation by lighting at one's office even if one spends all day there and eats there since that's not where one sleeps. Similarly, [https://www.srugim.co.il/401930-%D7%9E%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%9B%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99-%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A3-%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95 Rav Shlomo Aviner] writes that one may only light chanuka candles at one's place of work without a bracha. [http://halachayomit.co.il/he/Default.aspx?HalachaID=4124 Halachayomit.co.il] and Mayan Omer 3:7:24 p. 359 quoting Rav Ovadia Yosef agrees not to light with a bracha at one's office if one doesn't sleep there. See Birurei Minhagim Moadim (p. 175 by Rav Shabtai Yonah Friedman of Chabad) quotes some say that it is permissible to light Chanuka candles with a bracha at the place of one's work if one stays there all day and generally eats all one's meals there.</ref> | |||
#Someone at work and can't leave early to light on time can light when they get home.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (672:11, Chanuka 5773 edition) writes that someone working after the time for Chanuka candles should ask his wife to light for him at the right time if she's home. If she's not home or doesn't want to light without him, he can continue working and light when he gets home. </ref>Regarding having one's spouse light for him see [[Earliest_and_Latest_time_to_light_Chanukah_Candles#Coming_Home_Late_from_Work]]. | |||
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