[Avodah] Al petach beito mibachutz

[A & C Walters]

> Is there a good reason why I've never heard of anyone in chu"l doing
> it that way, even where the weather permits it?

The reason is that kmat all poskim hold it's better to to light inside. The 
question is, why in E"Y to light outside. The reason is that many in E"Y 
follow minhogei HaGr"o, and Talmudei HaGr"o claimed to light outside. The 
Th"G were the first Ashkenaisim to come to E"Y, and a lot of their minhogim 
were mekubel, eg. not to say BHLA"A before She"Es Maariv (as far I know no 
kehila in E"Y says it, whereas in Ch"l, most do), also zman hashkia, also to 
say "kavei" after shacharis, which in Ch"l Ashkenaz doesn't say, also Morid 
HaTal, which again is not said in Ch"l by Mispaleli Askenaz, Boruchu after 
davening, duchening etc etc. These are all Minhogei HaGr"o, and have no 
shayches to E"Y beEtzem, only that minhog haGro is followed. Hu HaDin 
lighting outside. (agav, even in E"Y it is not mekubel by rov kehillos)


AY W

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