Lighting Candles at a Hanukkah Party
Question
Should one recite a blessing when lighting Hanukkah candles at Hanukkah parties?
Answer
One should not recite a blessing when lighting Hanukkah candles at Hanukkah parties and other events, as it may constitute a Torah prohibition of a 'blessing in vain'.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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