Lighting Hanukkah Candles as a Guest on Friday Night
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Question
A married son who eats the Friday night meal at his parents' house and returns home to sleep, where should he light the Hanukkah candles?
Answer
He should light the Hanukkah candles at his home. Even if he eats the Shabbat morning meal elsewhere. As for Shabbat candles, ideally, he should light them where he eats the evening meal, but if he cannot reach there before Shabbat, he should light the Shabbat candles at his home, turn off the lights, and close the shutters to darken the house before lighting. It is preferable that when he returns home after the meal, he eats by the light of the candles.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 673, Paragraph 1), Mishnah Berurah and Beur Halacha (there); Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 263, Paragraph 9), Mishnah Berurah (Se'if Katan 41); Azmera Leshimcha (Issue 118).