I guess it takes a miracle just to get our menorah lit one night at a time.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
It takes a miracle
So we bought these pre-filled, solid olive-oil cups to use for chanukah, thinking they would be convenient and save time. But as it turned out, half of them wouldn't even light. The wicks just burned down into the little wick holder without drawing any oil. So I brought them back today (they were nice enough to take them back), and got this other set of pre-filled (liquid) cups. But when I tried setting them up to light, they wouldn't fit in our menorah! So we ended up using those dinky little colored candles. The really annoying think is that I wanted to just get normal cups and a bottle of oil, but they were out of the size of cups that I knew would fit.
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Yaakov,
ReplyDeleteDon't feel so bad. Every year I buy some new wicks so I could burn oil. This year, the guy at the store swore the floating wicks were foolproof. I filled the oil the night before put the wick in . When it came to light, it lit but then the floating wick sunk. Plan B. used another type.
Second night I tried again it sunk again so I used a candle. The regular colored candles at least are consistant. I did buy a couple of those large candles for Friday night.