Preferred Height for Placing Hanukkah Candles
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Question
What is the preferred height for placing the candles?
Answer
The candles should be placed above three tefachim (28.8 cm, and some say 24 cm). If they are placed below three tefachim, although some hold that even post facto it is not fulfilled, the halacha is that post facto it is fulfilled. Additionally, the candles should be placed below ten tefachim (96 cm, and some say 80 cm). If they are placed above ten tefachim but below twenty amot, it is acceptable.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 671, Paragraph 6); Mishnah Berurah (S.K. 26-27); Azmera Leshimcha Bulletin (Issue 118).