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==Who's obligated?== | ==Who's obligated?== | ||
# Men and women are obligated in candle lighting. However, the Minhag of Klal Yisrael is have the women of the house light. <ref> S"A 263:2 writes that there's an obligation on men and women to have a light lit in their house on Shabbat. Nonetheless, S"A 263:3 adds that preferably women should light. See there and Mishna Brurah 263:12 for the reasons. </ref> | # Men and women are obligated in candle lighting. However, the Minhag of Klal Yisrael is have the women of the house light. <ref> S"A 263:2 writes that there's an obligation on men and women to have a light lit in their house on Shabbat. Nonetheless, S"A 263:3 adds that preferably women should light. See there and Mishna Brurah 263:12 for the reasons. </ref> | ||
# A student in Yeshiva also has an obligation to light Shabbat candles and doesn't fulfill one's obligation with one's parent's if one is not at home. Preferably, one should lit in the room one sleeps in, however, if that's impossible, a student can fulfill their obligation if there's one student or women who lights in the cafeteria with intent to fulfill the obligation of everyone. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 263:11. See there where he adds 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 S"A HaRav who holds that by eating at someone's house one becomes like a family member. See the Sanctity of Shabbat who quotes others who are lenient. </ref> | |||
==With what to light== | ==With what to light== | ||
# It's preferable to light with olive oil, if one doesn't have olive oil, the next best is all other oils that burn with a clear flame, and lastly, wax candles are also acceptable. <ref> S"A 264:6 writes that olive oil is preferable to other oils and Mishna Brurah 264:23 adds that wax candles are inferior to oil candles. So rules Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 43:4 and Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat vol 1 pg 187). </ref> | # It's preferable to light with olive oil, if one doesn't have olive oil, the next best is all other oils that burn with a clear flame, and lastly, wax candles are also acceptable. <ref> S"A 264:6 writes that olive oil is preferable to other oils and Mishna Brurah 264:23 adds that wax candles are inferior to oil candles. So rules Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 43:4 and Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat vol 1 pg 187). </ref> | ||
