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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry for posting without proper research - I see
now that the Rosh, brought down in the SA, says one should davka use a wax
candle for bedikat chametz, not tallow because it drips (and is fleishig or
treif, depending) and certainly not oil because it drips and the lamp
is also hard to get into chorin usdakin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Although that is still not necessarily a source for
what chazal actually did.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Ilana</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>