If kindling occurs indoors and the candles are then brought outside, does one fulfill the Hanukkah mitzvah?
Synopsis
If candles are kindled indoors and brought outside afterward, the mitzvah is not fulfilled because onlookers will assume the kindling was for personal use, not for the religious mitzvah.
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