HALACHOS OF HADLOKAS NEIROS SHEL SHABBOS; SHABBOS CANDLES
1) Generally, in a public place, such as a hotel, a hospital or similar, it isn't possible, for valid safety concerns, to light candles in the private room where one is staying.
Therefore, one who finds themselves in such a place, should turn on the light/lamp in their room with intent that this should be in place of the Shabbos candles in their room, and then they should go and light the candles in the designated room, preferably the public dining room where the meal will take place. (If the only area given to light is the lobby or another area where no meal will take place, ideally, it is best to try and eat something near the candles. Ruling of Rav Nissim Karelitz Shlita)
2) Regarding the Bracha on the candles in this case, the prevalent minhag amongst Ashkenazim is to recite a Bracha, whereas Sephardim do not recite a Bracha, rather they can listen to an Ashkenazi woman's Bracha and will thus be exempted for their own lighting. (See Sefer Ohr HaNer page 30 footnote 90 for a lengthy dialogue about this)
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Reader's Question:
In my shul some avelim (mourners) have asked to say the Kadish after laining (Krias Hatorah) on shabbos and we now have a rotation among three avelim.
Is there any M'kor (source) for avelim to say the kadish after laining?
Meaning is this considered a Kaddish Yosom and if so, shouldn't other avelim in shul all join in the kadish together?
Answer:
Seemingly, that kaddish is a Chatzi Kaddish and not a Kaddish Yasom, and should be said by the Ba'al Koreh or the Shatz. (see Mishneh Berura Siman 292:4)
However, the Sha'ar Ephraim (considered the accepted authority on Hilchos Krias Hatorah by many Poskim) , in Sha'ar 10:9 does indeed bring a minhag that someone who has Yahrtzeit, or even an Avel during the year of mourning says this Kaddish.
However, from the language of the Sha'ar Ephraim it seems that only if the one with Yahrtzeit or the Avel received the last aliyah does he then go ahead and say the Kaddish, but if not it is said by the Ba'al Koreh and not by another Avel in the congregation (and certainly not by all of them in unison.)
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Question:
What are the sources that Avrohom Avinu spoke about nature?
Answer by HaRav Avigdor Miller Zatzal:
And the answer is, you heard today that Avrohom called out in the name of Hashem. So what do we think he did, when he built a Mizbaiach he stood there shouting, Hashem, Hashem, everybody come and serve Hashem? When you are talking to strangers and you give them the name Hashem, it's like talking to the wall. It's common sense that Avrohom spoke to them about the most plausible observations that were available. And what's most available? The Chovos Halvavos says at the beginning of Shaar Habechina, the closest way, the nearest way for a person to gain Emunah is to observe the wonders of nature. Now to many people this is meaningless because they never thought about it, but when you put your mind into it and you see Plan and Purpose, you begin to realize that this is a great demonstration created by Hashem in order that people should actually see Him with their eyes.
If you can see on a rose bush, thorns just like daggers, and you ask yourself, why are they shaped like daggers? And you understand, because the rose is such a beautiful and fragrant flower and people would like to try to uproot the plant and to take it home, to pull out the bush! So the daggers are shaped exactly in the configuration that's necessary, that's most efficient. They're all pointing downwards, and as the man tries to pull the bush upwards, so the daggers come down into his flesh.
Now when you study that - next time stop and study a rose bush - and little by little you'll see the Yad Hashem in nature. The daggers are no accident. There are no daggers on a poplar tree; there are no daggers on weeds. Daggers are only on this precious flower the rose, because that's the one that's most imperiled by covetous people who like to pull out the bush. And you begin to understand that Hakadosh Baruch Hu's footsteps are everywhere in nature. So if Avrohom called out in the name of Hashem, there's nothing that could convince his listeners other than the wonders of Plan and Purpose in nature.
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