Electric Chanukah lights
Everyone knows it is preferable to use olive oil for Chanukah candles to recall the miracle in the Beit HaMikdash. However, in situations where open flames are impractical, like on airplanes and in hospitals or in homes with oxygen tanks, can electric Chanukah lights be used ? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores whether or not electric Chanukah lights may be used for the mitzvah of pirsumei nisa?
November 26, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Electric Chanukah lights: Electric Hanukka lights
Electric Chanukah lights: Electric Hanukka lights
Class description
Can you use electric lights for the mitsva of Hanukka?
A source sheet is available in both WORD format and pdf through the links.
In class we will translate and explain these sources.
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.