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| When is the best time to light the חנוכיה? | The best time to light is immediately after the appearance of 3 stars in the sky |
| What shouldn't you do before you light the חנוכיה? | Any activity, including the study of תורה. |
| What should you do before you light, if you didn't yet do it? | Say the afternoon prayer, or מנחה. |
| How late can a person light the חנוכיה with a ברכה? | As long as someone else in the house is awake and it is before dawn. |
| When shouldn't he say a ברכה on the lighting? | If everyone else in the house is already asleep, or if the candles have gone out before the required time and a person is relighting them. |
| Dr. Pollack is on night duty at the local hospital, and won't be home in the evening to light the חנוכיה. When is the earliest he can light the חנוכיה? | You cannot light earlier than 1 ¼ hours before sunset |
| If one lights before nightfall, how long must his candles burn? | The candles must burn for at least ½ hour after 3 stars appear in the sky. |
| What if one didn't put in enough oil for the candles to last the right amount of time? | If the candles have not burned at least ½ hour after 3 stars appeared, one has not done the mitzvah. |
| Whose opinion do we follow, בית שמאי or בית הלל? | בית הלל |
| What is the opinion of בית שמאי concerning the lighting of the חנוכיה? | בית שמאי ’s opinion was that we should light 8 candles the 1st night, and the keep decreasing until we light 1 candle on the 8th night |
| What is the opinion of בית הלל concerning the lighting of the חנוכיה? | בית הלל ’s opinion is that we should light 1 candle the 1st night, increasing each night until we light 8 on the last night. |
