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* Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 45:11 writes that yeshiva students are considered one large family.  Accordingly, one student should light in the cafeteria and thereby exempt the rest of the students from their personal obligation. Additionally, each student should make sure to have a light on in his room and, if necessary, should specifically turn on a light there without a bracha, relying on the bracha made in the cafeteria. He concludes, though, that if a student wants to light in his room with a bracha, he may do so, because essentially each student lives in his personal room and not the cafeteria. Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:157 and Rav Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg (quoted by The Radiance of [[Shabbos]] p. 9) agree with the Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata’s first approach that one student should light in the cafeteria and the others should light in their rooms without a bracha.
* Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 45:11 writes that yeshiva students are considered one large family.  Accordingly, one student should light in the cafeteria and thereby exempt the rest of the students from their personal obligation. Additionally, each student should make sure to have a light on in his room and, if necessary, should specifically turn on a light there without a bracha, relying on the bracha made in the cafeteria. He concludes, though, that if a student wants to light in his room with a bracha, he may do so, because essentially each student lives in his personal room and not the cafeteria. Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:157 and Rav Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg (quoted by The Radiance of [[Shabbos]] p. 9) agree with the Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata’s first approach that one student should light in the cafeteria and the others should light in their rooms without a bracha.
* Rav Hershel Schachter (quoted in Halachipedia Article 5773 #4) holds that students should light in their rooms with a bracha. He explains that they cannot light in the cafeteria because it is a public area, whereas the dorm rooms are private. Additionally, Rav Schachter argues, one does not fulfill his personal obligation with his parents unless he is going to be home for [[Shabbat]]. Az Nidbru 5:2, [[Shevet Halevi]] 1:52, and Chazon Ovadyah ([[Shabbat]] vol 1, p. 202) agree. </ref>
* Rav Hershel Schachter (quoted in Halachipedia Article 5773 #4) holds that students should light in their rooms with a bracha. He explains that they cannot light in the cafeteria because it is a public area, whereas the dorm rooms are private. Additionally, Rav Schachter argues, one does not fulfill his personal obligation with his parents unless he is going to be home for [[Shabbat]]. Az Nidbru 5:2, [[Shevet Halevi]] 1:52, and Chazon Ovadyah ([[Shabbat]] vol 1, p. 202) agree. </ref>
# If a yeshiva student eats the [[Friday night meal]] at someone's house and not the cafeteria, according to those that he usually fulfills his obligation with the lighting in the cafeteria, this week he wouldn't fulfill his obligation with the lighting in the cafeteria, rather according to some one fulfills his obligation with the lighting of the family that he is eating at. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 263:11 writes that if the student isn't eating in the cafeteria but is eating in someone's house, seemingly one can't fulfill one's obligation with the candles lit in the cafeteria. Nonetheless, concludes the Piskei Teshuvot, that there's what to rely on the Shulchan Aruch HaRav who holds that by eating at someone's house one becomes like a family member. See the Radiance of [[Shabbat]] (pg 10; by Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen) who quotes Rabbi Pinchas Shienberg and Rav Moshe Feinstein who are lenient. </ref> According to Sephardim, he should light in his dorm with a bracha and make sure that it stays lit until he returns from the meal so that he can benefit from the candles.<ref>Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] v. 2, 263:17)</ref>
# If a yeshiva student eats the [[Friday night meal]] at someone's house and not the cafeteria, according to those that he usually fulfills his obligation with the lighting in the cafeteria, this week he wouldn't fulfill his obligation with the lighting in the cafeteria, rather according to some one fulfills his obligation with the lighting of the family that he is eating at. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 263:11 writes that if the student isn't eating in the cafeteria but is eating in someone's house, seemingly one can't fulfill one's obligation with the candles lit in the cafeteria. Nonetheless, concludes the Piskei Teshuvot, that there's what to rely on the Shulchan Aruch HaRav who holds that by eating at someone's house one becomes like a family member. See the Radiance of [[Shabbat]] (pg 10; by Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen) who quotes Rabbi Pinchas Shienberg and Rav Moshe Feinstein who are lenient. </ref> According to Sephardim, he should light in his dorm with a bracha and make sure that it stays lit until he returns from the meal so that he can benefit from the candles. They should only have one person per room light.<ref>Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] v. 2, 263:17). [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=72808 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Vayigash 5779 min 38)] explained that ideally they should light candles in the room in a safe place. But if there isn't a safe way to light or the administration doesn't let that it is forbidden to light in the room. Rather one should light with electric light and recite a bracha. They should have one person per room light.</ref>
# The halachot for a girl living in a dorm at seminary is the same as for a boy living in a dorm at yeshiva in regards to Hadlakat Neirot.<ref>Ohr Letzion (vol 2, p 166) in footnote</ref>
# The halachot for a girl living in a dorm at seminary is the same as for a boy living in a dorm at yeshiva in regards to Hadlakat Neirot.<ref>Ohr Letzion (vol 2, p 166) in footnote, [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=72808 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Vayigash 5779 min 38)]</ref>


==Time to light candles==
==Time to light candles==