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A Hanukkah lamp that one placed above 20 cubits is invalid, just as a sukka whose roofing is more than 20 cubits high, and just as an alleyway whose beam, its symbolic 4th partition in order to place an eiruv, is more than 20 cubits high, are invalid. The reason is the same in all 3 cases: People do
Rabba said: It is a mitzva to place the Hanukkah lamp within the handbreadth adjacent to the entrance. The Talmud asks: And where, on which side, does he place it? There is a difference of opinion: Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, said: On the right side of the entrance. Rav Shmuel from Difti said: On the l
Rav Yehuda said that Rav Asi said that Rav said: It is prohibited to count money opposite a Hanukkah light. Rav Yehuda relates: When I said this halakha before Shmuel, he said to me: Does the Hanukkah light have sanctity that would prohibit one from using its light? Rav Yosef strongly objected to t
The Talmud relates that they raised a dilemma before R' Yehoshua ben Levi: What is the halakha with regard to using decorations of a sukka all 7 days of the festival of Sukkot? He said to them: They already said in a similar vein that it is prohibited to count money opposite the Hanukkah light, whi
It was stated in a dispute between amora’im that Rav said: One may not light from one Hanukkah lamp to another lamp. And Shmuel said: One may light in that manner. The Talmud cites additional disputes between Rav and Shmuel. Rav said: One may not untie tzitzit from one garment in order to affix them