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

Hallel on Chanuka
Rabbi David Sperling | Kislev 26, 5776

Mehadrin min Hamehadrin
Various Rabbis | Tevet 9, 5768





