Today's Halachos dedicated by daily reader, N.K., in loving memory of his father
Nachman Shimon ben Yehuda Meir Hakohen A"H
whose Yahrtzeit is today, 23 Teves.
May his Neshama climb higher and higher in Gan Eden.
CURRENT TOPIC:
HALACHOS OF HADLOKAS NEIROS SHEL SHABBOS; SHABBOS CANDLES
1) If one will be eating the Shabbos Seudah away from home, but will be coming home to sleep, the Shabbos candles should be lit at home as usual, however, additional lights or lamps should be turned on as well. (See Shvus Yitzchok Perek 5:3 and 4 for the reasons it's better to light at home than to light at the host's home where the Seudah will be)
When turning on these lights or lamps it should be with specific intent that they are for the purposes of Shabbos light, and the Bracha recited over the candles will cover these lights as well.
2) The reason for this is that when they return home later that night after the candles already burned out, they will still have light L'Kavod Shabbos and for Shalom Bayis, as otherwise the Bracha, if recited over the candles alone, would have been in vain as no benefit was derived from them. (See Mishna Berura Siman 263:2)
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Reader's Question:
Is there an issur (prohibition) to have a bed facing the door ?
Answer:
Not an isur per se, but according to kabalistic sources, since a dead person is placed on the floor in the room in which he passed away with his feet toward the door, it is best to not sleep with one's feet directly facing the door. (See Sefer Gesher Hachaim Vol. 1 Siman 3:2)
Some people avoid sleeping with their head facing door, but there is no clear source for this minhag.
See also Q&A # 474 here.
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