Order of Lighting on the Eve of Shabbat Chanukah
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Question
What is lit first: Chanukah candles or Shabbat candles?
Answer
First, Chanukah candles are lit. Even though the woman lights the Shabbat candles and the man lights the Chanukah candles.
Source
Siman 679, Se'if 1 and Ben Ish Chai, Parashat Vayeshev.
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