Question:
If I started saying haneiros hallalu before lighting was it a hefsek and would
I have to repeat berachah?
Answer:
Hello,
According to a number of Poskim, ( Minchas Yiztchok 4- 115 (4) and Kovetz Halachos (Chanukah 6-6) it is considered a hefsek, and it would require one to say the bracha again.
A freilichen chanukah