Lighting Chanukah Candles in the Daytime at Work
Question
Hello,
I work in a place where there are not many religious people (some of the employees are not Jewish). On the first night of Chanukah, we hold the office candle-lighting in order to mark the holiday. I believe I will be asked to light the candles. The time set for the candle-lighting is in the morning on the first day of Chanukah (that is, Monday morning, after the evening before we light at home). I wanted to ask whether it is all right to light the candles during the day and whether I can recite a blessing, and if so, which blessings (this is the first day, but the evening before I will already say Shehecheyanu). Any clarification on how the lighting itself should be conducted would help. Thank you very much
Answer
Greetings,
It is not possible to recite a blessing over Chanukah candles in the workplace, and in addition it is not possible to recite a blessing over lighting in the morning hours. However, you may say the blessings without mentioning Hashem’s name.
With much success,
Hillel Meirs
