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Q: I can not read Hebrew and am looking for a comprehensive guide to sephardic observance of the holiday of Hanuka, where can I get all the halachot in english. Rabbi Eli Mansour has publish a 39 pages on all of this in english with all the possible halachic questions answered. Click Here for the Word File Excerpt of table of contents: Should A Wife Light The Menorah At The Proper Time Rather Than Waiting For The Husband Who Will Come Home Later. 4 Starting A Melacaha, Beginning A Meal, and Sitting To Learn Are All Forbidden Within A Half Hour Of Lighting 5 Menorah Lighting When The Family Travels To A Hotel or Relative's House. 5 The Shamosh Candle and The Extra Candle Some Sephardim Have A Custom To Light 6 Lighting the Menorah on Friday Night 7 Is It Permissible To Answer To Other Berachot During Hallel 8 If The Light Of The Menorah Goes Out After Lighting. 9 Some Laws Regarding Avelut (Mourning) and Chanukah. 10 2 Halachot: Eating Dairy Products on Chanukah, and The Proper Procedure of Lighting Before and After Shabbat 10 Is It Permissible To Allow A Child to Light Chanukah Candles. 11 Fasting, Eulogies and Mourning on Chanukah. 12 Menorah Lighting in Shul 13 The Traveler At Time of Menorah Lighting. 13 The Proper Time for Lighting Chanukah Candles. 14 Should One Skip Al HaNissim To Catch Up for Nakdishach. 15 Hallel for Men and Women On Chanukah. 16 Is Al Ha’nisim Required In Arbit On The First Day Of Chanukah, Or In Musaf Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh 17 Is It Permissible To Rekindle or Light The Menorah After Lighting Shabbat Candles on Erev Shabbat 18 When Your Neighbor Does Not Have Enough Money To Buy Oil To Light The Menorah. 19 If A Person Missed A Night of Lighting The Menorah. 20 Is It Permissible For Mourners To Attend A Seudat Mitzvah or Chanukah Gathering. 20 Ladies Should Avoid Certain Types of Work Within 30 Minutes of Lighting. 21 Should One Recite Again Shehechiyanu at Menorah Lighting In Shul After Doing So At Home 22 Can We Reuse The Candle Wick Or Do We Need To Use New Wicks Each Night 23 Should One Recite Again SheAsa Nissim at Menorah Lighting In Shul After Doing So At Home 24 Is It A Torah Holiday, And If So Then Why Don’t We Add An Extra Day In Exile Like Pesach 25 Should One Continue To Light If He Missed Lighting The Night Before. 26 Are Ladies Required To Say The Hallel on Chanukah. 27 Is It Permissible To Use An Electric Menorah. 28 Where Should The Menorah Be Placed. 29 The Issue of Floating Wicks. 30 Can Mourners Say Hallel on Chanukah or Rosh Chodesh, and Is It Permissible To Have An Arayat on Chanukah 31 Why Do We Not Insert A Prayer Of Chanukah In Me’en Shalosh. 31 Lighting An Extra Candle On Rosh Chodesh Tevet 32 The Requirement of Lighting Falls Upon The House. 33 If One Forgets Al Hanisim in Birkat Hamazon. 34 Is A Student Required To Light The Menorah If Dorming Away At School 34 Should We Light The Menorah Before or After The Berachot and Is It Permissible To Light The Menorah At A Chanukah Party. 35 Should One Say Mezonot On A Fried Jelly Donut That Is Eaten For Dessert 36 Is It Permissible To Store Menorah Oil Under A Bed or Eat Foods From Under A Bed. 37 Is It Necessary To Have 10 People At The Synagogue To Light The Menorah. 38
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