Q. I am going to a close family relative wedding in Bklyn., NY during Chanukah and they are putting us up in a neighbors house for 3 to 4 nights. My first night there is the last night Chanuka. My question is that also the situation is that my wife and adult daughter are leaving early during the day to the wedding hall to prepare for the wedding and will only be coming back to our Bklyn. residence after the wedding at 3 A.M. I will be going to the wedding well after Tzeis Hakochovim. What do I do about Chanukah lighting?
Do I
a)light at my place where I am staying in the proper Zman without my wife or
b) light after the wedding at 3 A.M. with my wife there. Other than the fact that its well after the zman , I don't know if my hosts lighting Chanuka licht at 3 A.M. or
c)light at the wedding with my wife about a half hour after Tzeis.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that it is better to light in your place on the proper zman and your wife should be yotze with your lighting. In addition, she may be able to attend a neighboring shul close to the wedding hall and hear the brochos and see the lights there.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a
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