Where is lecht in you house?

amother

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:29 am

Where is lecht in your house. On the table, near the table, in a different room?

amother

Denim

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:32 am

Somewhere else, not chassidish. It's not in your poll.
The house is open space, the candles are not in the dining area but you can see them clearly from there.

amother

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:36 am

amother [ Denim ] wrote:

Somewhere else, not chassidish. It's not in your poll.
The house is open space, the candles are not in the dining area but you can see them clearly from there.

it was the last option, didnt get added, opps

[I added that option for you. — Rubber Ducky as Mod]

amother

Sapphire

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:38 am

Chassidish, my candles are on a buffet table at the corner of the dining room. I don't think there's a chassidish way of doing this, I've seen countless people with the candles on a separate buffet table.

amother

Copper

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:38 am

amother [ Denim ] wrote:

Somewhere else, not chassidish. It's not in your poll.
The house is open space, the candles are not in the dining area but you can see them clearly from there.

We do the same. The lecht was in the way as my family grew. We have it in the kitchen but can see it from the dining room table.

amother

Mistyrose

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:44 am

I always light in my dining room different places depending on our furniture at the time for a while I was lighting on my table but not so safe now with my baby. Also now we have a nice side piece to light on. When I was lighting on my dining room table if we had too many people sometimes I would light in my kitchen.

ShishKabob

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:45 am

My mother has it on the table. We have it on a buffet on the side by the wall. It works out better because its safer for the kids and also makes it easier to clear the tablecloth and change it. Chassidish

amother

Indigo

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:45 am

Mine is on this corner piece on the side of my dining room.
https://www.google.com/search?.....uOWkM

keym

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:45 am

I was raised with the licht on the Shabbos table either in the middle or at the end.
Also, I was raised with a lot of stress to be careful because of the fire and various halachic rules about moving the table, moving the tablecloth, etc.
I have a lower bookshelf-around shoulder height that we set up the licht there. Visible from the Shabbos table, but without the stress if my 2 year old starts pulling the tablecloth.

Crookshanks

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 12:34 pm

On the table, but only because I don't have kids. My parents have one of those picture frames that fold down and they put the candles on there.

moonstone

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 1:03 pm

I never knew that people put the candles on the dining table. That sounds very inconvenient. I put mine in a bay window in the living room.

amother

Lime

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 1:07 pm

I would never put candles on any surface that has a tablecloth. Too easy to tug from anywhere and cause and problem, even by accident, and then they've fallen over onto cloth (can easily fall beyond the tray.) We do ours on a side table or buffet, all the way back by the wall.

MyKidsRQte

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 1:18 pm

I grew up with it on the table, but I don't have enough room to leave it on the table, BH.

caffeine99

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 1:18 pm

ShishKabob wrote:

Same here,

I don't like on table because no room for food either!

amother

Denim

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 1:20 pm

Yes, sounds dangerous and stressful to have on the table, and also anti-social. It blocks your view of others, just as a taller flower arrangement would (I don't keep any flower arrangements on my table if they are taller than the size of a glass).

On another thread someone mentioned she uses them to help obscure herself from the men's view when there are guests.

It's a pet peeve of mine, having things that obscure the view on the table.

amother

Wine

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 1:20 pm

I put two candles on the table (on a tray with the salt shaker).
The candles that were added for the kids are in a leichter on the sideboard.

imaima

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 1:22 pm

I don't like it on the table: unconvenient, dangerous, you can't see the person on the other side, bulky.

amother

Saddlebrown

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 1:24 pm

What does chassidish or not chassidish have to do with it?

avrahamama

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 1:27 pm

Next to dining table on a floating corner shelf nice and high for the kids.

amother

Mint

Wed, Jan 13 2021, 1:29 pm

amother [ Indigo ] wrote:

Mine is on this corner piece on the side of my dining room.
https://www.google.com/search?.....uOWkM

Indigo,
I’m looking for a mirrored side table, this looks really nice. Would it hold a large rectangular tray with candlesticks?