Yosef Karo

“ Paragraph 5 — One should place the Hanukkah light at the outside of the entrance that adjoins the public domain. If the house opens to the public domain, he should place it at its entrance. If there is a courtyard in front of the house, he should place it at the entrance of the courtyard. If he lives in the upper floor, having no entrance leading to the public domain, he should place it at a window that adjoins the public domain. In a time of danger, when one is not allowed to perform mitzvot, it is enough that he place it on his table. ”

“ He needs another light to use for its illumination. And if there is a bonfire, he needs no other light. But if he is a dignified person, whose way is not to use the illumination of a bonfire, he needs another light. ”

“ Paragraph 1 — One needs to be very diligent in kindling the Hanukkah lights. Even a poor man living off charity must lend or sell his clothes and buy oil to kindle with.
סעיף א — צריך ליזהר מאד בהדלקת נרות חנוכה. ואפילו עני המתפרנס מן הצדקה, שואל או מוכר כסותו ולוקח שמן להדליק. ”