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צְרִיכִין לְהַדְלִיק בְּמָּקוֹם שֶׁיֹּאכְלוּ, שֶׁיְהֵא נִכָּר שֶׁמַּדְלִיקָן לִכְבוֹד שַׁבָּת, וְלֹא לְהַדְלִיק בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר וּלְהַנִּיחָם אַחַר כָּךְ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר. אַךְ בִּשְׁעַת הַדְּחַק, כְּגוֹן שֶׁהָאִשָּׁה חוֹלָה וְאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לָלֶכֶת אֶל הַשֻּׁלְחָן, מַדְלֶקֶת כְּשֶׁהִיא בַּמִּטָּה, וּמַעֲמִידִין אוֹתָם אַחַר כָּךְ עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן בְּבַיִת זֶה, כִּי כָּל הַבַּיִת נֶחְשָׁב מְקוֹמָן. וְנָשִׁים שֶׁמַּדְלִיקִין הַנֵּרוֹת בַּסֻּכָּה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ נוֹשְׂאוֹת אוֹתָן לְתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, לֹא יָפֶה הֵן עוֹשֹוֹת. נֵר שֶׁהוּא דּוֹלֵק מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת, צְרִיכִין לְכַבּוֹתוֹ וְלַחֲזוֹר וּלְהַדְלִיקוֹ לִכְבוֹד שַׁבָּת, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְהֵא נִכָּר שֶׁמַּדְלִיק לִכְבוֹד שַׁבָּת.

Candles must be lit in the room where the meals are served in order to indicate that they were lit in honor of Shabbos. They should not be lit in one place²³This is the correct version. Some editions have a gross error here. See Rema 263:10. and transferred to another place.²⁴They should not be lit in a place where the household does not need them and then transferred to a place where they are needed, because the act of lighting is the mitzvah and it must be done in the appropriate place. The Levush rules that even if they were lit in an appropriate place they should not be moved to another (appropriate) place. When necessary, however, one may be lenient in this regard [Chayei Adam, Mishnah Berurah 263: 48]. However in time of pressing need, for instance when the woman is sick and unable to go to the table, she may light them at her bed, and they may be placed on the table in the house, because the whole house is considered their place. And women who light the candles in the sukkah and bring them into the house afterwards, are not doing the proper thing.²⁵Chayei Adam. A candle that was burning before Shabbos must be extinguished and then relit in honor of Shabbos, in order to make it clear that it is lit in honor of Shabbos.

תנא דבי אליהו כל השונה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן העולם הבא שנאמר הליכות עולם לו אל תקרי הליכות אלא הלכות (נדה ע"ג.)