[Avodah] How to light the Menorah

[Danny Schoemann]

RMB said:

> This is how I understood the original question...

> You pragmatically need something to light the menoros.

> There is a din "ein lanu reshus lehishtameish bahem", and therefore we
> need another light in the room in order to avoid doing something solely
> by their light.

> Historically, those were the same neir.

Why do you assume that? Anybody who used an oil Shamash had to use a
candle (or match) to light his Menora, unless he was trying to be
"clever".

I quick look at the various "Rebbe/Gedolim" Chanuka pix in the local
weeklies shows that some use an oil Shamash and some use a tall candle
Shamash - but all of them seem to use *another* candle to light all of
the above.

- Danny