DAF SUGYA WITH RABBI ELEFANT SHABBOS DAF 23 PART 4 PIRSUMEI NISSA PART 2

RABBI ELEFANT SAYS CHANUKA TEACHES US EMUNAH LIKE THE 4 CUPS OF PESACH.THE CHIYA ADAM SAYS B/4 YOU LIGHT CHANUKA CANDLES GATHER YOUR FAMILY AND TELL THEM WE ARE LIGHTING CHANUKA CANDLES.SINCE THE MITZVA IS FOR THE HOUSE EVERYBODY SHOULD BE THERE.THE S"A SAYS CHANUKA PARTIES ARE OPTIONAL AND THEY ARE NOT PARSUMEI NISSA BUT THE REMA ISAYS THERE IS A MITZVA TO HAVE A CHANUKA PARTY FOR THE CHANUKAS HAMIZBACH.ONLY PROPERLY LIGHTING THE CHANUKA CANDLES IS PARSUMEI NISSA.RAMBAM SAYS YOU CAN ONLY LIGHT BY SHEKIYA TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN THE STREET AND NOT LATER.THE RITVA ARGUES AND SAYS ITS PREFERABLE BUT YOU CAN LIGHT LATER.NOWADAYS WE LIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE SO YOU SHOULD LIGHT WHEN THEY CAN SEE IT AND MAYBE ADD EXTRA OIL SO PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE CAN SEE IT WHEN THERE UP LONGER THAN HALF AN HOUR.EVEN PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE ARE UP LATER.THE MOADIM LIZMANIM ALSO SAYS THIS.RAV WOSNER SAYS MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN SKYSCRAPERS AND THEY WILL BE LIGHTING ABOVE 20 AMOSBUT IF WE SAY THAT THE LIGHTING IS FOR THE INSIDE YOU ARE NOT ABOVE 20 AMOS.CLICK HERE FOR THE REST OF THE SHIUR.