Light from the Kingdom

Why is it forbidden to make ordinary use of the light that shines from a Chanukah menorah lit for the festival of Chanukah?

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D. T. Lancaster

D. T. Lancaster

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Why is it forbidden to make ordinary use of the light that shines from a Chanukah menorah lit for the festival of Chanukah? We are permitted only to look at the light and enjoy it, but not to use it for any mundane purpose, such as illumination for reading. Listen to a Chanukah teaching regarding the light of the chanukah menorah and its connection with the menorah of the Temple, presented to Beth Immanuel on December 8, 2012 in celebration of the congregation's tenth anniversary.

 

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