Lighting the Hanukkah Candles Faster Technion Rube Goldberg Machine

Lighting the candles on Friday night & Mozie Shabbat

The sages established that the Hanukkah candles should be lighted "after sunset" (Shabbat XXI, b). The common interpretation is that this means at nightfall, when the miracle will be better publicized, because on the one hand there are still many people in the street, and on the other hand, since it is already dark the candle light is clearly visible.

On Friday night, however, it is clear we cannot light candles after sunset, because at sunset Shabbat comes in and it is forbidden to light fire. It is also forbidden to light fire just before sunset on Friday, because of the Mitzvah to add from the profane to the sacred and to welcome the Sabbath before sunset. In practice, most communities welcome the Sabbath twenty minutes before sunset, and that is the candle lighting time printed in the tables. On the Sabbath of Hanukkah one should light Hanukkah candles before lighting the Shabbat candles.

However, since the main publicizing of the miracle is done at night, we have to make sure to have enough oil in the candles, so that they will stay lit for a half hour after sunset.

Hanukkah candle lighting time on Friday night in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem it is the custom to bring in Shabbat about forty minutes before sunset. On Hanukkah, however, many delay Shabbat candle-lighting to twenty minutes before sunset, in order light Hanukkah candles closer to sunset (Eretz Israel Luach). Some people do not change the usual candle Lighting time, and light Hanukkah candles before the Shabbat candles, however they must make sure to have enough oil in the candles so that they will remain lit until a half hour after sunset (Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim D.,62).

Early Mincha on Friday of Chanukah

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The Portion of Miketz

Abundance and Blessing

Joseph, who was thrown into the Egyptian prison for no rhyme or reason, now stands before Pharaoh to interpret the ruler's dreams.

Joseph tells Pharaoh that the dreams foretell seven years of plenty to be followed by seven years of famine. Joseph advises Pharaoh to immediately begin storing food during the coming seven years of plenty for use during the seven years of famine.

As a result of Pharaoh's pleasure with Joseph's interpretation and advice, Joseph is appointed Viceroy with total responsibility for the collection and storage of the food.

Joseph stores food in Egypt for the upcoming famine: "And Joseph gathered grain like the sand of the sea, in great abundance, until one] stopped counting, because there was no number" (Genesis 41;49). The phrase which emphasizes the abundance and blessing is the termination of the counting.

During the years of their sojourn in Egypt, the Children of Israel grew from an extended family of 70 to a nation of "abundance and blessing" numbering 600,000, this despite the years of slavery which they were forced to endure.

The letters "lamed" in the words "chadal lispor"(he stopped counting), symbolizing the abundance and blessing, are written in an unusual manner.

The numerical value of the letter "lamed" is 30. The two "lameds" therefore equal 60, thereby symbolizing the "shesheem ribo" (60 X 10,000), the number of Jews who left Egypt. (Remazei Yoel)