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[imayid2]

And then they looked up and they saw that it was the 5th night of Chanukah


Wondering how many of ya'll got this reference

Not I. What are you refering to?

[Jeremiah]

Did watch this but are you referring to the fact that 5th day of Chanukah cannot fall out on shabbos?

[Yehuda57]

Not I. What are you refering to?

I wouldn't have expected you to get it, hence why I asked in this thread 

Did watch this but are you referring to the fact that 5th day of Chanukah cannot fall out on shabbos?

No, or at least not directly

[Darth1]

Whats the source for Lubavitchers to make a bracha when lighting the menorah in the Park or at any public lighting ceremony not done at a place of residence?

If you want to bring a source from the fact we light in shul, the rishonim say that the minhag was started because there were people who lived/slept in the shul. Even if you want to say it was still done in shul because there was more persumei nisa there, we find that it is a very specific minhag to light in shul with specific rules as to where in shul and what direction it faces and so on and so forth. Where do we find the concept of lighting just for persumei nisa without any minhag for it?

[imayid2]

Whats the source for Lubavitchers to make a bracha when lighting the menorah in the Park or at any public lighting ceremony not done at a place of residence?

If you want to bring a source from the fact we light in shul, the rishonim say that the minhag was started because there were people who lived/slept in the shul. Even if you want to say it was still done in shul because there was more persumei nisa there, we find that it is a very specific minhag to light in shul with specific rules as to where in shul and what direction it faces and so on and so forth. Where do we find the concept of lighting just for persumei nisa without any minhag for it?

I didn’t check the sources but here’s a start

https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/66040/attending-public-menorah-lightings-before-lighting-at-home/110495#110495

many rule that if a minyan (quorum of ten men for prayer) for afternoon or evening services is held at the public menorah ceremony, then the place would be considered like a synagogue, and one would be able to light with the blessings.

Torat ha-Moadim 7:15; Yalkut Yosef Moadim, p. 204; Chikrei Minhagim, vol. 1, p. 205 (original edition).

Others, however, point out that the primary reason for lighting the menorah in the synagogue is in order to publicize the miracle of Chanukah. Accordingly, the same reasoning should apply to an even greater extent to lighting the menorah in a public place like the mall or city square. And the same argument can be made about many of the other reasons listed above. It is for this reason that blessings are recited at the vast majority of public menorah lightings, even outside of the synagogue.

See Responsa Az Nidabru 5:37, 6:75 and 11:32; Yalkut Yosef, Chanukah 671:10, quoting Rabbi Ovadia Yosef; Yad Natan 2:25; Mishneh Sachir 202; Beit Mordechai 41; Rabbi Yosef Heller, Haorot u-Beurim 721; Netivot bi-Sedeh ha-Shlichut 1:13.

[Alexsei]

Where in Monsey can I get a car menorah?

[Yiddle]

Whats the source for Lubavitchers to make a bracha when lighting the menorah in the Park or at any public lighting ceremony not done at a place of residence?

If you want to bring a source from the fact we light in shul, the rishonim say that the minhag was started because there were people who lived/slept in the shul. Even if you want to say it was still done in shul because there was more persumei nisa there, we find that it is a very specific minhag to light in shul with specific rules as to where in shul and what direction it faces and so on and so forth. Where do we find the concept of lighting just for persumei nisa without any minhag for it?

https://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/3155136/jewish/Why-Do-I-Hear-Blessings-at-Public-Menorah-Lightings.htm

https://anash.org/reciting-a-bracha-on-public-menorahs/

https://shulchanaruchharav.com/lighting-a-public-menorah/

[imayid2]

Unlike the menorah, for which others argue with the Rebbe's opinion

Very interesting shuir on that from Rabbi Pini Dunner, goes through the various opinions and archeological evidence

Compilations of sources and articles here
https://rabbidunner.com/what-did-the-temple-menorah-look-like/

[yitzgar]

Do married women light their own menorah if the husband is lighting (at home)

[Dan]

Do married women light their own menorah if the husband is lighting (at home)

No

[Yo ssi]

Do married women light their own menorah if the husband is lighting (at home)

All women don't light unless there's no one else

[yitzgar]

Ok thanks. So no different between lubavitch and not

[EliJelly]

All women don't light unless there's no one else

Shabbos candles the girls light even though the mother lights, right?

[Dan]

Shabbos candles the girls light even though the mother lights, right?

Yes, from 3.

[Welder]

I've seen that girls sometimes light menorah too (for chinuch?)

[EliJelly]

I've seen that girls sometimes light menorah too (for chinuch?)

Probably the opposite, they won't light when they grow up so at least let them enjoy the fun when young, especially when there are boys in the house lighting.

[Dan]

Probably the opposite, they won't light when they grow up so at least let them enjoy the fun when young, especially when there are boys in the house lighting.

Yup

[sds1493]

I've seen that girls sometimes light menorah too (for chinuch?)

Woman have the same obligation as men (Rambam). Married woman fulfill their obligation through their husband (אשתו כגופו). Non married woman should light if the family want to fulfill the mehadrin min hamehadrin. There is a shtikl torah why many single girls don't light (Chasam Sofer, not modest to go outside). When a single girl isn't living at home, loigcially she would have to light.

[imayid2]

Rebbitzen Kanievsky lit her own menorah

[skyguy918]

Woman have the same obligation as men (Rambam). Married woman fulfill their obligation through their husband (אשתו כגופו). Non married woman should light if the family want to fulfill the mehadrin min hamehadrin. There is a shtikl torah why many single girls don't light (Chasam Sofer, not modest to go outside). When a single girl isn't living at home, loigcially she would have to light.

I think there's no question that if a woman isn't being yotze in some other way she has to light for herself. It's more a question of can/should she light herself even if she can be yotze another way, for which there are various opinions in the poskim, depending on the circumstances.

Mishmeret Shalom 48 says since a married woman doesn’t light and relies on her husband, her daughters also don’t light as derech eretz. Similarly, Chiddushei Chatom Sofer (Shabbat 21b D”H Vehamehadrin) writes since the practice used to be to light outside it wasn’t Derech Eretz for women to light if her husband is already lighting and since then the Minhag hasn’t changed. Ashel Avraham Mebustatesh 675:3 says according to kabbalah women don’t light (unless they have to).