Advice for Residents of High Floors Regarding Lighting Hanukkah Candles
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Question
Is there advice for someone living on high floors on how to light Hanukkah candles and fulfill the obligation?
Answer
Someone living on high floors (usually starting from the 3rd-4th floors) and therefore their apartment window is above twenty cubits, can place colored lights near the menorah that turn on and off alternately. In this way, it is permitted to light even above twenty cubits, similar to the beam of an eruv, where it is said that if it is decorated, since it attracts the eye, it is effective even above twenty cubits.
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