I like that new chanukia you're showing in this video - very much my style, too. If you're up for it, I might suggest locating a machine shop and having them drill out those holes on a drill press to keep the holes nice and perpendicular. Bring the whole set of oil cups with you so that the box will protect them and so that the machinist can get caliper measurements of the bottom across a sample of them, as there will be small variations in size, I'm sure. The only drawback on that (besides the labor cost - make sure you get a quote beforehand!) is that the finish may be a different color inside the holes than the rest of the chanukia, but that will probably not be noticeable because the cups will be covering them. Good luck! I use oil exclusively nowadays, and I usually make my own chanukiah - wax just makes so much mess and I like the smell of the oil as it is burned, as well. I have used shot glasses lined up on a stained oak board with shallow circles drilled out for each shot glass and the cork floating wicks I've seen in your videos; Amazon has those, as well as wicks that are on small metal bases that sit on the bottom of the glass, so I've moved to oil and these wicks for Shabbat and yomim tovim as well. Last year I made a chanukia out of black pipe and some brass fittings attached to a pine base - very expensive (all parts bought from my local Home Depot)! In the end I probably spent about $150 total for all the little parts, but I do like that one, so I'm using it again this year. It's heavy enough that I've imagined it as an option in a game of Clue - "it was Professor Plum in the parlor with the chanukia!" I've also made a chanukia out of spent M404 grenade launcher cartridges with the belt feed clips on them to attach them to each other - I got those off of eBay. Kind of appropos to the Chanuka backstory, I think. 🙂
dear meorah ha- me' ir i am happy to see you back on youtube. hanukkiah holes can enlarged. perhaps oil cups can be filed. depending on the metal. before anything why not show it to the store you bought it as any person who bought them would have the same problem. try to have the store make the oil cups fit into the holes. i would like to recommend a unique video. " 8 jewish values for hanukkah" on the " a small sanctuary" channel. enjoy! hag orim samayach.
The right thing for lighting Shabbat or Hanukkah candles is to buy some kind of special aquarium for lighting the candles, it is good so that the wind does not blow out the candles and especially for safety so that there is no fire. Be careful not to leave candles burning at home unattended.
I’ve get to find an oil cup that works well in every Hanukkiyah. I ended up buying a super size menorah that holds full size tapers. The oil cups all sit in it, even if I have to use aluminum foil around the base to fill in the excess room. Hope you find a solution that works for you! Only ten days remain. 😊
I think the oil/wick style is more common among Mizrahi/Sephardic Jews, while the wax candles are more typical for Ashkenazim. If you did your conversion on the East coast, it was more likely that it was with the Ashkenazi community. I'm from the east coast of the US myself, and I've never seen anyone use the oil/wick candles in person - only on RUclips.
I've seen people using oil a few times in the states, but mostly for very large Chanukiah (like when we put one on my college's quad). We have plenty of wax sources (including petroleum) but olives don't really grow in most of the states, and using other food oils doesn't seem right to me.
Of course we now have access to olive oil enough that we could use it, but given the time many American Jews families have been here, it's been more than long enough to change that custom, as well as the majority of American Jews are ashkenazi (myself included) and in the Pale of Settlement we also would have had access to burnable oils, instead having to use schmaltz or waxes. (Yes, Schmaltz and Tallow candles)
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I like that new chanukia you're showing in this video - very much my style, too. If you're up for it, I might suggest locating a machine shop and having them drill out those holes on a drill press to keep the holes nice and perpendicular. Bring the whole set of oil cups with you so that the box will protect them and so that the machinist can get caliper measurements of the bottom across a sample of them, as there will be small variations in size, I'm sure. The only drawback on that (besides the labor cost - make sure you get a quote beforehand!) is that the finish may be a different color inside the holes than the rest of the chanukia, but that will probably not be noticeable because the cups will be covering them. Good luck!
I use oil exclusively nowadays, and I usually make my own chanukiah - wax just makes so much mess and I like the smell of the oil as it is burned, as well. I have used shot glasses lined up on a stained oak board with shallow circles drilled out for each shot glass and the cork floating wicks I've seen in your videos; Amazon has those, as well as wicks that are on small metal bases that sit on the bottom of the glass, so I've moved to oil and these wicks for Shabbat and yomim tovim as well. Last year I made a chanukia out of black pipe and some brass fittings attached to a pine base - very expensive (all parts bought from my local Home Depot)! In the end I probably spent about $150 total for all the little parts, but I do like that one, so I'm using it again this year. It's heavy enough that I've imagined it as an option in a game of Clue - "it was Professor Plum in the parlor with the chanukia!" I've also made a chanukia out of spent M404 grenade launcher cartridges with the belt feed clips on them to attach them to each other - I got those off of eBay. Kind of appropos to the Chanuka backstory, I think. 🙂
May the Menorah light will light Meorah heart with joy and peace. CHANUKAH
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dear meorah ha- me' ir i am happy to see you back on youtube. hanukkiah holes can enlarged. perhaps oil cups can be filed. depending on the
metal. before anything why not show it to the store you bought it as any person who bought them would have the same problem. try to have the store make the oil cups fit into the holes. i would like to recommend a unique video. " 8 jewish values for hanukkah" on the " a small sanctuary" channel.
enjoy! hag orim samayach.
The right thing for lighting Shabbat or Hanukkah candles is to buy some kind of special aquarium for lighting the candles, it is good so that the wind does not blow out the candles and especially for safety so that there is no fire. Be careful not to leave candles burning at home unattended.
thank you for showing us your chanukiah candles Meorah
I’ve never done the oil and I’d really like to try it. Your new Chanukiah is beautiful. I really like the simplicity of it!
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Happy Chanukah! You had a beautiful Menorah. The candles were very nice.
Make a little converter that will open and hold a wider insert!
I want to wish you a very Happy Chanukah 🕎 ❣
I’ve get to find an oil cup that works well in every Hanukkiyah. I ended up buying a super size menorah that holds full size tapers. The oil cups all sit in it, even if I have to use aluminum foil around the base to fill in the excess room. Hope you find a solution that works for you! Only ten days remain. 😊
I think the oil/wick style is more common among Mizrahi/Sephardic Jews, while the wax candles are more typical for Ashkenazim. If you did your conversion on the East coast, it was more likely that it was with the Ashkenazi community. I'm from the east coast of the US myself, and I've never seen anyone use the oil/wick candles in person - only on RUclips.
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oil > candles for sure
I've seen people using oil a few times in the states, but mostly for very large Chanukiah (like when we put one on my college's quad).
We have plenty of wax sources (including petroleum) but olives don't really grow in most of the states, and using other food oils doesn't seem right to me.
Of course we now have access to olive oil enough that we could use it, but given the time many American Jews families have been here, it's been more than long enough to change that custom, as well as the majority of American Jews are ashkenazi (myself included) and in the Pale of Settlement we also would have had access to burnable oils, instead having to use schmaltz or waxes. (Yes, Schmaltz and Tallow candles)
Happy Chanukah G-d bless you!