August 3, 2023

  We are continuing with a background to siman 10. We learned that the chiyuv of hadlakas neiros is both a chovas habayis and chovas haguf, and that once one family member makes a bracha in the home, it covers other lights put on in the home as well, even by other family members. We […]

We are beginning siman 10, and we will begin with some background.   When Chazal instituted the mitzvah of hadlakas neiros, they gave it an interesting hybrid status. On the one hand, it is considered a chovas bayis, that the home have neiros lit in it, and on the other hand, it is a chovas