Using the Light of Hanukkah Candles After Lighting Time
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Question
We strive to place a cup of oil so that it remains until the movement on the street completely stops very late at night. But afterward, we put the children to bed in the room [much later than half an hour after nightfall], and there is only the light of the Hanukkah candles. Sometimes I want to tell the children a bedtime story and read by the light of the Hanukkah candles. Is this allowed?
Answer
After the candles have burned for the required amount of time, it is permitted to use their light, although some are stringent about this.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 672, Paragraph 2); Mishnah Berurah (Seif Katan 8); Mishnah Berurah (Siman 673, Seif Katan 13); Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim (Siman 674, Paragraph 2); Mishnah Berurah (Seif Katan 8); Azmera Leshimcha (Issue 118).