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12/1/2008

Question: May I light the channukiah indoors and then move it in front of the entrance to my home?

Answer: No-one may not do so. One should light the channukiah in the same location as one will leave it. As the gemara says in Masecheth Shabbath, Amud 23A:  “Hadlakah Oseh Mitzvah”

See RAMBAM, Hilchoth Channukah, Perek 4, Halacha 9