[Avodah] Chanukah priorities

[Minden]

RJR wrote:
> Please rate the following options with sources if available:
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> 1 daven maariv btzibbur before tzeits and then light after tzeits
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> 2 daven maariv byichdut after tzeits and then light
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> 3 light after tzeits and daven after lighting btzibbur

In real life, say maaref as is your habit, be it betzibber right after minche, betzibber bizmanne, or beyoched if you don't have a minyen. Light the menoure before dinner when all are present. (Tradition, e. g. minhogem deka"k Worms) Dinner will typically be after tzeis anyway, a possible maaref bizmanne might be before or after dinner.

In theory, a multi-dimensional matrix is of need: betzibber or beyoched, oring before or after the shkie, after tzeis or before tzeis (repeating shma after tzeis), lighting as early as possible, lighting before or after shkie, before or after nacht, lighting before or after maaref.

Lipman Phillip Minden
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