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# A vessel used to sample urine (for medical purposes) isn’t allowed to be used as a Chanukia but rather as the vessel holding the Shamash. <Ref> Sh”t Kol Gadol 92 and brought down by Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 671:17) </ref> | # A vessel used to sample urine (for medical purposes) isn’t allowed to be used as a Chanukia but rather as the vessel holding the Shamash. <Ref> Sh”t Kol Gadol 92 and brought down by Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 671:17) </ref> | ||
== Possible Chanukia | == Possible Chanukia Arrangements== | ||
# One can fill a bowl with oil and surround the edge with wicks as long as it’s covered by a vessel so that the wicks stay separate in order not to appear like a bonfire. If it the candles are lit while covered each wick counts as another candle, if it’s not covered then all the wicks don’t even count for one candle. <ref> [[Shabbat]] 23b explains that a bowl with wicks needs to be covered to look like candles and not a bonfire. Rambam ([[Chanukah]] 4:4), Tur, S”A 671:4, Sh”t Ginat Veradim (Gan Hamelech 151), Yad Aharon (671 Hagahot Tur), Pri Megadim (A”A 671:3), and Mishna Brurah 671 bring down this Halacha. </ref> | # One can fill a bowl with oil and surround the edge with wicks as long as it’s covered by a vessel so that the wicks stay separate in order not to appear like a bonfire. If it the candles are lit while covered each wick counts as another candle, if it’s not covered then all the wicks don’t even count for one candle. <ref> [[Shabbat]] 23b explains that a bowl with wicks needs to be covered to look like candles and not a bonfire. Rambam ([[Chanukah]] 4:4), Tur, S”A 671:4, Sh”t Ginat Veradim (Gan Hamelech 151), Yad Aharon (671 Hagahot Tur), Pri Megadim (A”A 671:3), and Mishna Brurah 671 bring down this Halacha. </ref> | ||
# If one lit without covering the bowl (with wicks surrounding the edge) one should extinguish the candles and relight without a bracha. <ref> Pri [[Chadash]] 671 and Piskei Moshe ([[Chanukah]] 3:4) quotes the above halacha (S”A 671:4) and says if one did light without a cover one should relight with a bracha. However, Kaf Hachaim 671:26, Sh”t Yabia Omer 4:52(5,6) and Torat HaMoadim 5:21 say since at the time the first candle was lit the mitzvah was fulfilled even though later on it became a bonfire it’s like lighting in an area where there’s a lot of wind (in which case according to some opinions one fulfills the mitzvah) and thus one should just relight without a bracha ([[Safek Brachot LeHakel]]). Perhaps that’s why the rest of the achronim (besides the Pri [[Chadash]]) don’t say that law that one should relight with a bracha implying that one should just relight without a bracha. Against Yabia Omer </ref> | # If one lit without covering the bowl (with wicks surrounding the edge) one should extinguish the candles and relight without a bracha. <ref> Pri [[Chadash]] 671 and Piskei Moshe ([[Chanukah]] 3:4) quotes the above halacha (S”A 671:4) and says if one did light without a cover one should relight with a bracha. However, Kaf Hachaim 671:26, Sh”t Yabia Omer 4:52(5,6) and Torat HaMoadim 5:21 say since at the time the first candle was lit the mitzvah was fulfilled even though later on it became a bonfire it’s like lighting in an area where there’s a lot of wind (in which case according to some opinions one fulfills the mitzvah) and thus one should just relight without a bracha ([[Safek Brachot LeHakel]]). Perhaps that’s why the rest of the achronim (besides the Pri [[Chadash]]) don’t say that law that one should relight with a bracha implying that one should just relight without a bracha. Against Yabia Omer </ref> | ||
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# The candles should be set up in a line and not a zigzag. <ref> Maharil([[Chanukah]] pg 405), Darkei Moshe 671:2, Rama 671:4, and Mateh Moshe 988 hold one should align them in a line. However, Pri Megadim A”A 671:3 says since the Rama left out part of this halacha he meant to arrange it in a line rather than a circle but a zigzag is okay. </ref> | # The candles should be set up in a line and not a zigzag. <ref> Maharil([[Chanukah]] pg 405), Darkei Moshe 671:2, Rama 671:4, and Mateh Moshe 988 hold one should align them in a line. However, Pri Megadim A”A 671:3 says since the Rama left out part of this halacha he meant to arrange it in a line rather than a circle but a zigzag is okay. </ref> | ||
# The candles should be set up all at the same height level. <ref> Chaye Adam 154:10 and Torat HaMoadim 5:23 says to set them up at the same height. However, Mahari MeBruna 39, Sharei Knesset Hagedolah (Hagahot Bet Yosef 673:1) and Eliyah Raba that the candle should specifically be set up so that each new candle is higher than the next. </ref> | # The candles should be set up all at the same height level. <ref> Chaye Adam 154:10 and Torat HaMoadim 5:23 says to set them up at the same height. However, Mahari MeBruna 39, Sharei Knesset Hagedolah (Hagahot Bet Yosef 673:1) and Eliyah Raba that the candle should specifically be set up so that each new candle is higher than the next. </ref> | ||
# Ideally, one should have a chanukia, rather than simply melting wax candles onto a table and lighting those.<ref> Chazon Ovadia pg. 34 </ref> If one doesn't have a kli to set it up in, he can still fulfill his obligation.<ref> Chazon Ovadia pg. 55, Shu"t Avnei Yashphe OC 129 </ref> | |||
==Related Pages== | ==Related Pages== | ||
* [[Chanukah]] | * [[Chanukah]] | ||
