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* The Gemara 22a explains that one should place the Chanukah candles on the left side of the doorway opposite the mezuzah which is on the right side of the door (as one enters, Rashi). S”A 671:7 quotes this as halacha. Mishna Brurah 671:33 explains that this is done in order that we are surrounded by mitzvot. | * The Gemara 22a explains that one should place the Chanukah candles on the left side of the doorway opposite the mezuzah which is on the right side of the door (as one enters, Rashi). S”A 671:7 quotes this as halacha. Mishna Brurah 671:33 explains that this is done in order that we are surrounded by mitzvot. | ||
* Mishna Brurah 671:38 comments that it’s preferable to light by the window facing the public domain rather than light by the door from the inside. However, Shaar HaTziyun 671:42 adds that this is only when the window in less than 20 [[amot]] from the street, otherwise it’s preferable to light by the door. (This is based on the Gemara [[Shabbat]] 22a which says that if chanuka candles are above 20 [[amot]] it is unfit.) Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 198) and Rav Nissim Karlitz (Chut Sheni Chanukah pg 307) agree with the Shaar HaTziyun. | * Mishna Brurah 671:38 comments that it’s preferable to light by the window facing the public domain rather than light by the door from the inside. However, Shaar HaTziyun 671:42 adds that this is only when the window in less than 20 [[amot]] from the street, otherwise it’s preferable to light by the door. (This is based on the Gemara [[Shabbat]] 22a which says that if chanuka candles are above 20 [[amot]] it is unfit.) Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 198) and Rav Nissim Karlitz (Chut Sheni Chanukah pg 307) agree with the Shaar HaTziyun. | ||
* Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 14:4 and note 22) ruled that it’s preferable to light in one’s window even if one is higher than 20 [[amot]] from the street because they are seen somewhat from the street and maybe we measure the 20 [[amot]] from the floor of the apartment). He acknowledges that some say that one may light in an apartment building above 20 [[amot]] from the street because there are apartments across the street who can see it. Even though he felt that this last explanation wasn't sufficient he still ruled the way he did based on the Pri Megadim who plainly argued on the Shaar HaTziyun. | * Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 14:4 and note 22) ruled that it’s preferable to light in one’s window even if one is higher than 20 [[amot]] from the street because they are seen somewhat from the street and maybe we measure the 20 [[amot]] from the floor of the apartment). He acknowledges that some say that one may light in an apartment building above 20 [[amot]] from the street because there are apartments across the street who can see it. Even though he felt that this last explanation wasn't sufficient he still ruled the way he did based on the Pri Megadim who plainly argued on the Shaar HaTziyun. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 39 wrote that one can light above 20 amot if there is a building across the way and that is preferable to lighting inside. | ||
