Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Allusion for Shabbat 45:1

עששית שהיתה דולקת והולכת כל היום כלו למוצ"ש מכבה ומדליקה אי אמרת בשלמא הדלקה עושה מצוה שפיר אלא אי אמרת הנחה עושה מצוה האי מכבה ומדליקה מכבה ומגביהה ומניחה ומדליקה מיבעי ליה ועוד מדקא מברכינן אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להדליק נר של חנוכה ש"מ הדלקה עושה מצוה ש"מ

With regard to a lantern which was burning the whole day [of the Sabbath],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Having been lit on the Sabbath eve as a Hanukkah lamp, ');"><sup>1</sup></span> at the conclusion of the Sabbath it is extinguished and then [re-]lit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a Hanukkah lamp for the next day. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> Now, it is well if you say that the kindling constitutes the precept: then it is correct. But if you say that the placing constitutes the precept, is this [merely] extinguished and [re-]lit: surely it should [have stated], It must be extinguished, lifted up, replaced and then relit? Moreover, since we pronounce a benediction, 'Who sanctified us by His commandments and commanded us to kindle the lamp of Hanukkah,' it proves that the kindling constitutes the precept. This proves it. And now that we say that the kindling constitutes the precept, if a deaf-mute, idiot, or minor<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These three are frequently grouped: their actions have no legal or religious validity. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>

Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim

1. The kindling accomplishes the mitzvah and not the placement, to wit, if it was sitting in place not for the purpose of the Hanukkah mitzvah, one may light it there, and does not need to remove it and [re]place it for the purpose of the Hanukkah mitzvah. Therefore, a lamp that was burning all day that was kindled on Sabbath Eve for the Hanukkah mitzvah, after Sabbath one extinguishes it and [re]kindles it for the purpose of the mitzvah. In any case, one needs to kindle it in the location of its placement, for if one kindled it inside and brought it outside he has not fulfilled [the mitzvah], for one who sees [this] will say [that] he kindled it for his own needs. Similarly if one kindles it and holds it in place with his hand has not fulfilled [the mitzvah], for one who sees [this] will say [that] he is holding it for his own needs.
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