[Avodah] Al petach beito mibachutz

[saul mashbaum]

RDS wrote about lighting the menorah outside:
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But outdoors it has to be at the door to your house or yard. Is that
the front door, the entrance to the building or the entrance to the
courtyard (we have 8 buildings in a tight square.)
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Rav Asher Weiss in his public shiurim , although not entirely negating the custom in EY to light in the entrance to an apartment building, questioned this practice. He said that from the sources we can see that there should be a connection between the menora and the house; an observer should be able to see from the position of the menora whose house the menora belongs to. Clearly, this is not the case when the menora is lit in the entrance  to an apartment building. 
Saul Mashbaum
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