Sunday, 3 May 2015

purim torah in jest - Why can't we light Shabbos candles with Nachum's fat?



The first mishna in the second chapter of Shabbos teaches that you are not allowed to use Nachum's fat for Shabbos candles.



ולא בשמן שריפה ולא באליה ולא בחלב נחום


[one may not light Shabbos candles with] oil set for burning [consecrated oil that has become impure], nor with [the fat from] sheeps' tails, nor with Nachum's fat



What's wrong with Nachum's fat?








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