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Photographing Hanukkah Candles

Question

Is it permissible to photograph Hanukkah candles, or is it considered using them?

Answer

It is permissible to photograph them, just as it is permissible to enjoy looking at them.

Answered 4 January 2022 How answers are reviewed
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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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Source

Pesachim 26a, and in Ran P"B from Shabbat

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