Shabbat Candles
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Question
If someone eats the Friday night meal at their parents' home and returns to their own home to sleep, where should they light the Shabbat candles?
Answer
Ideally, one should light in the place where they eat the evening meal, but if they cannot arrive there before Shabbat, they should light Shabbat candles at home, turn off the lights, and close the shutters to darken the house before lighting. It is preferable that when they return home after the meal, they eat by the light of the candles. Alternatively, if they have a generator, they should turn it on in honor of Shabbat before lighting the candles and direct the blessing to both the candles and the generator's light. If they do not have a generator, they should turn off the lights in the house and then turn them back on in honor of Shabbat and immediately light the candles, directing the blessing to both. Later, when they return home on Friday night, even if the candles have gone out, they should eat by the light of the generator or the light they turned on.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 263, Paragraph 9); Mishnah Berurah (Se'if Katan 41); Azmera Leshimcha (Issue 118).
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