Lighting Hanukkah Candles Before the Father Has Lit

Place and order of lighting Hanukkah candles

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Question

I am a Sephardic yeshiva student, and I am in the yeshiva and sleep in the dormitory. I understand there is a doubt whether I can light with a blessing, but I pray Maariv in the yeshiva at the regular minyan at 7:00, so I light immediately after nightfall. However, my father prays Maariv immediately after nightfall and only then lights. Does this change the law?

Answer

Indeed, in the case where you light before your father has lit, you can light with a blessing.

Source

Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 672, Paragraph 1), Mishnah Berurah and Biur Halacha (there); Azmera Leshimcha (Issue 118).

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