Hanukkah Candle for a Student Not Returning Home for a Month
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Question
I am a Sephardic yeshiva student studying in a yeshiva with a dormitory, and I return home about once a month. During Hanukkah, I will be in the yeshiva. Should I light candles, and if so, where should I light them, and should I recite a blessing?
Answer
A Sephardic yeshiva student who studies in a yeshiva and returns home once every few weeks should light candles in the yeshiva. There is a doubt whether to recite a blessing, so one should not recite it. If possible, he should hear the blessings from another, or hear the blessings during the lighting in the synagogue. Many Sephardim do not light at all, and it is more appropriate for him to at least participate with a small amount of money with an Ashkenazi friend who lights in the yeshiva.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 677, Seif 1), Mishnah Berurah and Biur Halacha (there); Azmera Lishmecha (Issue 118).