Q. Rov. I have a large package of Chanuka Menorah wicks that have a cover of wax on them. Since one complies with the mitzva as soon as he lights the Menorah, if the wicks are covered with wax I will be lighting the wax and not the oil. What should I do?
A. There are two solutions. You may prepare the wicks by first, before the time of lighting you fire them shortly thus burning off the wax on them.
You may also put a few drops of oil on the wick.
However, Horav Aharon Miller Shlit'a mentioned in his fathers name that the above is unnecessary, since the time delay for the oil to begin burning is minimal and it is considered as a single action.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit'a.
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