A Sephardic Yeshiva Student Visiting During Hanukkah

Place and order of lighting Hanukkah candles

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Question

I am a Sephardic yeshiva student, and I am visiting my grandfather during one of the days of Hanukkah. What should I do with the Hanukkah candles?

Answer

Give a coin to your grandfather so that he can buy you a share in the oil he lights, and thus you will be a partner in his lighting.

Source

Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 673, Paragraph 1), Mishnah Berurah and Biur Halacha (there); Azmera Leshimcha (Issue 118).

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