Ask the Rabbi
- Shabbat and Holidays
- Channukah
- General Questions
Question
Can I take a shower or prepare a meal in the half an hour after Channuka candle lighting?
Answer
If a woman sews, weaves, does the laundry or any thing that has Tircha, effort it is a Melacha and forbidden. If she's just boiling hot water for a tea or brushes her teeth it is permitted. A forbidden Melacha on Channuka is not like the forbidden Melachot on Shabbat.
Rabbi Dov Lior
Bizman Hazeh or Bazman Hazeh
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Tevet 4, 5783
Oil of Chanukah
Rabbi David Sperling | Tevet 4, 5782
Strange Menorah
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 17 Tammuz 5766
