May I
light the chanukiah at my family's Chanukah party, and count that as my mitzvah?
One may not
light at a Chanukah party located in another person's house. One who will
return home after traffic outside his house has ceased should light before going
to the party, after plag haminchah (3:45 PM in Toronto at the start of Chanukah
this year), and the chanukiah must remain lit until more than 30 minutes after
the stars emerge.
Where the
above solution is not possible, one should have someone light in his home at
the proper time, or one should light after returning from the party, making
sure that someone else is awake to see his chanukiah.
(Shulchan
Aruch Orach Chaim 677:1; Mishneh Berurah 677:12, 679:2; Rivivot Ephraim
4:163:12, 16, 32)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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