Time for Lighting Hanukkah Candle on Friday Evening
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Question
In Jerusalem, where it is customary to welcome Shabbat 40 minutes before sunset, when should one light the Hanukkah candle and when the Shabbat candle?
Answer
This Shabbat, it is advisable to light the Hanukkah candles 30 minutes before sunset and immediately afterward light the Shabbat candles.
Source
Shabbat (23:) Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 679, Paragraph 1), it is stated 'but not earlier', and the Biur Halacha (Siman 672, Dibur HaMatchil 'and not earlier') writes that up to half an hour before is considered not early. Azmera Leshimcha (Gilyon 119).
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