Liturgy for Shabbat 42:5

ת"ר מצות חנוכה נר איש וביתו והמהדרין נר לכל אחד ואחד והמהדרין מן המהדרין ב"ש אומרים יום ראשון מדליק שמנה מכאן ואילך פוחת והולך וב"ה אומרים יום ראשון מדליק אחת מכאן ואילך מוסיף והולך

'Until there is no wayfarer in the street.' Until when [is that]? — Rabbah b. Bar Hanah said in R. Johanan's name: Until the Palmyreans have departed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'until the feet of the Tarmodians have ceased'. Tarmod or Tadmor is Palmyra, an oasis of the Syrian desert. They sold lighting materials and went about in the streets later than the general populace as their wares might be needed. ');">⁹</span> Our Rabbis taught: The precept of Hanukkah [demands] one light for a man and his household;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., one light is lit every evening of the eight days (v.infra) for the entire household. ');">¹⁰</span>

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