Chanukah: Ner Shabbos Versus Ner Chanukah

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

A person has to sell his shirt for ner Chanukah but not for ner Shabbos, so why must his last dollar go to ner Shabbos? One answer is that during Chanukah shalom bayis is that much more important. A second approach starts from a sefer that calls ner Chanukah above the teva. Selling the shirt and then not using it for ner Chanukah would be the most above-teva act of all.

Key points

• The Rambam requires selling a shirt for ner Chanukah, but for ner Shabbos only borrowing.
• The Gemara puts ner Shabbos before ner Chanukah, because Shabbos lights bring shalom bayis.
• One sefer explains selling a shirt as an abnormal act, since ner Chanukah is above the teva.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Rambam on borrowing for ner Chanukah
2. 1:47Ner Shabbos without selling clothing
3. 2:51One penny and the order of priority
4. 5:59Ner Chanukah as the house light
5. 7:19The Chanukah riddle
6. 8:55Above the teva, a second answer

Topics

• Ner Chanukah
• Ner Shabbos
• Shalom Bayis