Hanukkah – Participating with an Ashkenazi Who Lights
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Question
A Sephardi yeshiva student who lives in the yeshiva dormitory follows the opinion of the poskim who hold that he does not fulfill his obligation with his father's lighting at home, and that the yeshiva is considered his home. The custom in the yeshiva where he learns is that each of the Ashkenazi students lights his own hanukkiyah at the entrance to the dormitory [which is made of caravans arranged in the shape of a "chet," forming a kind of corridor leading to the rooms]. Therefore, this student is accustomed to participate in the oil of his Ashkenazi roommate who lights at the entrance of the dormitory. However, since his roommate lights with oil that is only fit for illumination, and he wishes to be meticulous by using specifically oil that is fit for consumption, he wonders whether he may participate instead with another student from a different room in the same dormitory who also lights at the entrance to the dormitory.
Answer
Shalom u-berakhah
He may participate with both of them, or with either one of them.
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