- Q. When we light Chanuka candles at home, Baruch Hashem we have a large family and many children including many of our neighbors that we encourage to join us to bring them closer to keeping mitzvos.
Can we place a string to separate the candles from the people including the children in the room? Maybe that makes the lighting of all the candles depended on the string and as we know, it is not proper?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s shlit’a opinion is that, although that separating string is truly most proper, needed and has to be placed, it is not a real part of the lighting of the menorah itself, that carries and maintains no special restrictions.
However, it should rightfully be placed as it only gives proper benefit and shows the real Chesed and care for this most beautiful mitzva and to the safety of all that comply.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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