30 minutes of light - Why we light the Menora after sundown - Rabbi Alon Anava

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so we mentioned that we light the candles from when the Sun goes down till this is when the the the buffer when we're supposed to start lighting the candles it says in the T in the that the time to light the candles from the Sun goes down till the last leg is going to be in the market which is a very interesting way of expressing a time of the day I would understand you express the time of the day saying Sunrise sun set Dawn when the stars go out but saying the time of the day till the last leg would leave the market it's a very interesting way of announcing a time of the day so the says in in the book called in the place where it's called and the secret of the candle of of kanuka he asked the question what is really the action that happens when I light a candle because anything that I do must be a an action to it now why particular the action of lighting the candle has to be done when the Sun goes down why didn't our sages decide that the candle should be lit you know like in the morning has to be from From Dawn Till certain hour how come the sages say Okay candle linting will be from when the Sun goes down till the when the stars come out which the is calling it the last foot leg would leave the market so the explains very specific every day exactly at the time when the Sun goes down this is

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