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According to whom is the time for lighting Hanukkah candles measured until people leave the market?

Selling chametz

Payment by a Non-Jew for Chametz

Other forbidden activities

Spraying Insect Repellent Against Cockroaches on Shabbat

Leaving food on a source of heat and insulation on Shabbos eve

Leaving Food on a Built-in Hotplate on Shabbat

Time for the Shehecheyanu Blessing on an Air Conditioner

Time for the Shehecheyanu Blessing on a Guitar

Time for the Shehechiyanu Blessing on Clothing

Blessings of thanksgiving

Time for the Blessing 'The Good and Beneficent' upon the Birth of a Son

Blessings of thanksgiving

Time for the Blessing 'Hatov Vehametiv' in a New Home

Zimun for Ten When Not All Ate a Kezayit

Reading of the Torah

Needing the Bathroom During Torah Reading

Reciting the Shema

Reciting the Verse 'Baruch Shem' Aloud

Praying in a minyan

Joining a Minyan from the Women's Gallery

Blessings on tefillin

Time for Reciting 'Baruch Shem' After Putting on Tefillin

Obligation of Bone Marrow Donation