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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 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 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> | # 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 and Chazon Ovadia pg. 33 concur. 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. | ||
* [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 one 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. | ||
* Tur 671:6 in name of Maharam MeRotenberg holds that one should place it above 3 [[Tefachim]]. This is also the opinion of Mordechai [[Shabbat]] 266, S”A 671:6. Birkat Yosef Yedid 3 pg 207, Sh”t Kinyan Torah 1:131:2 imply from Orchot Chaim that under three [[Tefachim]] doesn’t fulfill the mitzvah | * Tur 671:6 in the name of Maharam MeRotenberg holds that one should place it above 3 [[Tefachim]]. This is also the opinion of Mordechai [[Shabbat]] 266, S”A 671:6. Birkat Yosef Yedid 3 pg 207, Sh”t Kinyan Torah 1:131:2 imply from Orchot Chaim that under three [[Tefachim]] doesn’t fulfill the mitzvah. Yet, Pri [[Chadash]] 671, Pri Megadim A”A 671:6, Mishna Brurah 671:26, Kaf HaChaim 671:50, Chazon Ovadia pg. 33, Torat HaMoadim 3:5 all rule that if one lit below 3 tefachim he has still fulfilled his obligation. </ref> If one is lighting indoors, one should light by the window even if it is above 10 [[tefachim]], rather than light by the doorway on the inside.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 671:6, Mishna Brurah 671:27</ref> | ||
# One should be careful to light in a different place than one normally lights the rest of the year so that the fact that one is lighting specifically for [[Chanukah]] will be recognizable. <Ref>Rama 671:7</ref> | # One should be careful to light in a different place than one normally lights the rest of the year so that the fact that one is lighting specifically for [[Chanukah]] will be recognizable. <Ref>Rama 671:7</ref> | ||
# If it’s above 20 [[amot]] (9.6 meters) one doesn’t fulfill the obligation and should extinguish the candle and relight it in the proper height without a bracha. <ref> [[Shabbat]] 22a Rav says it can’t be above 20 [[amot]]. Tosfot (D”H Ner) says it can’t just be lowered since the mitzvah was already done incorrectly. Tur(671:6), Bach, Taz, Pri [[Chadash]], Mishna Brurah (Shaar Tziyun 671:33) says indoors it can be above 20 [[amot]] against the Rabbenu Yoel (Ravyah 843) and Rabbi Yitzchak Avuhav (quoted by the Bet Yosef). If one put it above 20 [[amot]], Pri [[Chadash]], Mishna Brurah 671:29 say to relight with a Bracha. Kaf Hachaim (671:53) limits the ruling of the Pri [[Chadash]] to only where one finished lighting and stopped thinking about it. However Chazon Ovadiah ([[Chanukah]] pg 35) and Torat HaMoadim 3:6 say to relight without a bracha because of the opinion of Rabbenu Yoel (Pri Megadim A”A 671:7), [and Hareri Kodesh who says that perhaps according to Meiri and Shiltot one should repeat Sh’assa Nissim]. </ref> | # If it’s above 20 [[amot]] (9.6 meters) one doesn’t fulfill the obligation and should extinguish the candle and relight it in the proper height without a bracha. <ref> [[Shabbat]] 22a Rav says it can’t be above 20 [[amot]]. Tosfot (D”H Ner) says it can’t just be lowered since the mitzvah was already done incorrectly. Tur(671:6), Bach, Taz, Pri [[Chadash]], Mishna Brurah (Shaar Tziyun 671:33) says indoors it can be above 20 [[amot]] against the Rabbenu Yoel (Ravyah 843) and Rabbi Yitzchak Avuhav (quoted by the Bet Yosef). If one put it above 20 [[amot]], Pri [[Chadash]], Mishna Brurah 671:29 say to relight with a Bracha. Kaf Hachaim (671:53) limits the ruling of the Pri [[Chadash]] to only where one finished lighting and stopped thinking about it. However Chazon Ovadiah ([[Chanukah]] pg 35) and Torat HaMoadim 3:6 say to relight without a bracha because of the opinion of Rabbenu Yoel (Pri Megadim A”A 671:7), [and Hareri Kodesh who says that perhaps according to Meiri and Shiltot one should repeat Sh’assa Nissim]. </ref> | ||
