{"id":5872,"date":"2010-02-12T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5872"},"modified":"2017-07-17T08:18:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T05:18:32","slug":"05-12-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/05-12-07\/","title":{"rendered":"07. The Candles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One may use any type of oil or wick for the \u0124anuka candles, including those that are unusable for Shabbat candles. This is because the purpose of Shabbat candles is to illuminate one\u2019s home, and if they do not burn nicely, there is a concern that one may manipulate a candle to improve its light and thus desecrate Shabbat. Therefore, the Sages prohibited lighting Shabbat candles with oils and wicks that do not burn well. In contrast, one may not use the light of the \u0124anuka candles, so any type of oil or wick that can stay lit for half an hour may be used.<\/p>\n<p>The more beautifully the candle burns, the more beautiful the mitzva is, because the miracle is publicized more effectively. Therefore, many people light wax or paraffin candles, whose flame is strong and beautiful. Many A\u0125aronim write that it is even better to light with olive oil, because its light is lucid and it also recalls the miracle of the oil.<sup><a href='#_te01ftn12_6' id='_te01ftnref12_6' class='aup1'>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The \u0124anuka candles must contain enough fuel to last for half an hour, because the Sages prescribed that we light from the end of <em>shki\u2019a<\/em> until people are no longer walking around in the marketplace, or about half an hour. And even when one lights indoors, the candles must be able to last for half an hour. If one has only a small amount of oil or a small candle, which will burn for only a few minutes, one should light it without reciting a <em>berakha<\/em>.<sup><a href='#_te01ftn12_7' id='_te01ftnref12_7' class='aup1'>[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div>\n<a href='#_te01ftnref12_6' id='_te01ftn12_6'>[6]<\/a>. <em>Shabbat<\/em> 21b, 23a; sa 673:1. <em>Shabbat<\/em> 23a states that the preferred way to perform the mitzva is with olive oil, but the Gemara implies that this is so only because its light is more lucid (see <em>Berur Halakha<\/em>). Therefore, some say that wax is just as good as, if not better than, olive oil, as <em>Darkhei Moshe<\/em> 673:1 cites. R. Avraham Yitz\u0125ak Kook concurs in <em>Mitzvat Re\u2019iyah<\/em> \u00a7673. However, Me\u2019iri and <em>Kol Bo<\/em> state that olive oil has an advantage in that it reminds one of the miracle. Many A\u0125aronim, including mb <em>ad loc. <\/em>4 and ahs <em>ad loc. <\/em>1, state likewise. R. Kook and his son R. Zvi Yehuda Kook followed this practice. (Regarding Maharal\u2019s opinion, see <em>Ma\u0125atzit Ha-shekel<\/em> <em>ad loc. <\/em>1, sht <em>ad loc. <\/em>4, <em>Kaf Ha-\u0125ayim<\/em> <em>ad loc. <\/em>18, and <em>Yemei Hallel Ve-hoda\u2019ah<\/em> 14:21-23.)<\/p>\n<p><a href='#_te01ftnref12_7' id='_te01ftn12_7'>[7]<\/a>. According to the first answer recorded in <em>Shabbat<\/em> 21b, the <strong>time<\/strong> to light is \u201cfrom <em>shki\u2019a <\/em>until the market empties of pedestrians.\u201d According to the second answer, however, that is <strong>how long <\/strong>the candles must be lit. Rif, Rambam, and other Rishonim write that this is a duration of half an hour. sa 672:2, 675:2 rules accordingly. See mb 672:5. However, some Rishonim maintain that one may fulfill one\u2019s obligation if one lights for a shorter period of time and using smaller candles, either because the <em>halakha<\/em> follows the first answer in the Gemara, or because even though the <em>halakha<\/em> follows the second answer, once people began lighting indoors there was no longer a need to light for half an hour, which is the amount of time it used to take for people to return from the marketplace (<em>Or Zaru\u2019a, Smag<\/em>). Therefore, if one does not have enough oil, he should light without a <em>berakha<\/em> (bhl 672:2, s.v. \u201cka-zeh\u201d). See <em>Berur Halakha<\/em>, <em>Shabbat<\/em> 21b, nn. 4:2, 5; <em>Torat Ha-mo\u2019adim<\/em> 6:27, 31.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One may use any type of oil or wick for the \u0124anuka candles, including those that are unusable for Shabbat candles. 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