[Avodah] Behaalosekha es haneiros

[David Eisen]

RMB asked:
"Second, how can it be mutar for a zar to light the menorah if he was
already chayav misah for entering the bayis to light it?"
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Simple (at least according to Rambam as Raavad says this is kosher only
bedieved) - the menorah would be transported by kohanim outside the
heikhal to the hatzer, lit by a zar and returned back to the heikhal;
see Biat Hamiqdash 9:7, which is in accordance with the Gemara's ruling
(Yoma 24b) that "hadlaqa lav avoda hi" and Rambam's position that as
opposed to nerot hanuka, hanaha osa mitzva with respect to the lighting
of the menorah in the bet hamiqdash; in fact, one may deduce that
according to Rambam there is no hiyuv gavra per se to light the menorah,
rather it is sufficient for the menorah to be lit (see Hiddushei HaGRa"H
al HaRamB"aM on this halakha; also see the Encyclopedia Talmudit's entry
on "Hadlakat Hanerot").

B'virkat Hanuka Sameah,
David Eisen

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