{"id":8720,"date":"2010-05-13T01:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T22:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8720"},"modified":"2017-07-17T10:25:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T07:25:25","slug":"05-13-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/05-13-01\/","title":{"rendered":"01. Where to Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sages state: \u201c\u0124anuka candles should be placed at the doorway, outside the home. One who lives on an upper floor places them in the window facing the street. In times of danger, it is sufficient to place them on the table\u201d (<em>Shabbat<\/em> 21b).<\/p>\n<p>In the past, most people lived in single-story homes. A doorway led either to the street or to an enclosed courtyard with an exit to the street. The Sages ordained that people should light at the exit to the street, in order to publicize the miracle of \u0124anuka. They added that the candles should be lit to the left of the entranceway. This way, people passing through are surrounded by <em>mitzvot<\/em>, with the mezuza on the right and the candles on the left (<em>Shabbat<\/em> 22a).<\/p>\n<p>The Sages further stated that ideally the menora should be placed no lower than three <em>tefa\u0125im<\/em> from the ground and no higher than ten <em>tefa\u0125im<\/em> from the ground (between 9 and 30 inches). The reason for this is that if it is placed higher than ten <em>tefa\u0125im<\/em>, people who see it would think it is meant to illuminate the entrance to the home, since when people used to light candles to illuminate their homes, they would place them in their entranceways at a height of above ten <em>tefa\u0125im<\/em>. However, if it is placed lower than three <em>tefa\u0125im<\/em>, which is very close to the ground, people would think that the candles were placed there only temporarily, and would soon be moved to an area that needs to be illuminated. Only when the menora is placed at a height between three and ten <em>tefa\u0125im<\/em> is it clear to all that it was lit to fulfill the mitzva, and in this way the miracle is publicized. In any case, <em>be-di\u2019avad<\/em>, if one lights \u0124anuka candles lower than three <em>tefa\u0125im<\/em> or higher than ten <em>tefa\u0125im<\/em>, he has fulfilled his obligation. However, if one lights candles at the entrance to his home and places them higher than twenty <em>amot<\/em> (about 30 feet), he has not fulfilled his obligation. In such a case, the candles are so high that people are not likely to see them, as people do not normally look at things that are so high (<em>Shabbat<\/em> 21b; sa 671:6).<\/p>\n<p>Some people lived on upper floors and exited through the residence on the ground floor. They did not have their own doorway to the street, and had they lit at the entrance to the ground-floor residence, no one would realize that the candles were theirs. 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