[Avodah] How to light the Menorah

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 05:10:04PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: So: According to Mechaber, *after* lighting the neros with whatever,
: I light another one called the "ner nosaf", and place it on the same
: level as the others, but a little further away. And according to the
: Rama, *before* lighting the other neros, I light a longer one called the
: "shamash", which I use to light them with, and then I put it down right
: next to them.

: Do I have this right? Is that what they're differing about?

I think you got it, although I think the Rama's longer candle implies it
will also be taller than the rest. And I think that's the answer to the
original question -- all else being equal, an Ashkenazi should try to
use one shamash for both. And a Sepharadi apparently should bedvaka not,
but perhaps only doesn't have that preference.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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