Hanukkah menorah at Yeshivat Sderot, created with the Qassam rockets fired from Gaza that exploded nearby
During the Yom Kippur War, the grandson of Rav Frank – the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, was asked whether the IDF soldiers could light Channukah candles in the field. He answered as follows (Rav Frankâs Mikraâei Kodesh â Channukah: 18, note 3):
I was asked a question about lighting Channukah candles with regard to soldiers who are stationed at the front…I responded that those who were sleeping in covered tents…could light candles, but the soldiers who were in the trenches without any cover…which is not considered to be a house at all, cannot light there.