KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEHOO BEN HAOLAM HABA

For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L.

Taken from Rav Ovadya Yosef shlit’a’s website (halachayomit.co.il):

1. On the Friday afternoon of Chanukah it is preferable to pray Mincha before lighting the Chanukah candles. The reason for this is because the Mincha prayer was established in the place of the daily “Tamid” sacrifice that was brought in the Holy Temple every afternoon, while lighting Chanukah candles was established in commemoration of the miracle that occurred regarding the Menorah of the Temple. The order of the service in the Temple was that first the Tamid sacrifice was brought and only following that was the Menorah lit. It is only suitable then that Mincha should be prayed before the candles are lit. Therefore, many have the custom to pray Mincha earlier on Friday after which they go home to prepare for Shabbat and light Chanukah candles, and finally return to synagogue to pray Kabbalat Shabbat and Arvit.

2. We light Chanukah Candles by Tzet HaKochavim (Nightfall). On the Friday afternoon of Chanukah, however, surely one may not light at such a late hour for the sanctity of Shabbat will already have begun. Therefore, one must light the candles earlier than usual, before Shabbat begins. However, one should not light too early; rather the Chanukah candles should be lit approximately twenty minutes before sunset. Although Chanukah candles are lit earlier than nightfall on Friday afternoon, they must still burn for the same amount of time they would on the other nights, i.e. until approximately a half-hour after nightfall. (This means that the candles should be lit about twenty minutes before sunset and must then stay burning until about fifteen minutes after sunset which is nightfall, plus another half-hour after that.) Therefore, one must make sure to add enough oil or have candles that are long enough to burn until at least half-an-hour after nightfall.

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