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In fact the Chabad Minhag is to use a menorah with a back, and no arms, so that there is no ambiguity as to which side is the right side.<BR>
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Assuming that you position your menorah at a window and you use a menorah with a back, it will only be visible by either those inside or those outside, but not both. If it faces inside and you hold that the pirsumei nisa (PN) is exclusively for the b'nei bayis, then what's the point of placing it at the window in the first place? Put it on your table. If you hold that the PN is exclusively for those outside, as in the times of the Gemara, it should be placed outside the front door (which I assume is also not minhag Chabad). <BR>
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The custom of placing it at the window only makes sense if we recognise the value of PN for both those inside and those outside, presumably with the ikar PN being for the b'nei bayis in accordance with the opinion of Tosfos. Mima nafshach, placing a back-less menorah at the window makes no sense, l'oniyus daati.<BR>
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Kol tuv<BR>
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