Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

Okay, question number eight.

If one has a simcha on Shabbos and will sleep in one hotel but eat Shabbos meals in another, where is the proper place to light Shabbos candles and Hanukkah candles?

If candle lighting is permitted in the hotel room only in the sink or alternatively in either hotel lobby, which option is halachically preferable?

You know, Rav Shachter just gave a share about this, about the Makam Adaka, and he points out that the Dinam are the same for Ne'er Shabbos and for Ne'er Hanukkah, you light in your bias.

of a household?

What if you live there for a week?

What if you live there for 30 days?

So that's where it comes up.

So that's where Rav Shach said, I'm just reading the Gemaras.

I'm not saying any Chidushim.

So there is a discussion in the Gemara.

Is it the place you eat?

Is it the

place to sleep, and the Gemara says they're not really arguing, it depends on the circumstance.

Whichever, essentially, long story short, whichever home is more permanent, comfortable, private, to you, is your real home.

So you're eating a meal at a simcha, where there are going to be 300 people, and you're staying in a private bedroom.

So you light in the bedroom.

So probably for Shabbos, the difference is that with Shabbos candles, you can light an incandescent bulb, and almost all post-Gamal, you can say a bracha on that.

That if it's a battery-powered incandescent bulb...

You could probably say a bracha on that for Shabbos candles.