Hello, esteemed rabbi, we are accustomed to keeping the oil and wicks left over from Hanukkah until the burning of the chametz and burning them all together. Last Shabbat, my husband heard from a rabbi that there is a problem with keeping the wicks and oil and that they should be burned immediately. What is the correct thing to do?
Those who usually keep the Hanukkah candles and wicks to use them in the burning of chametz can continue with their custom, and it is good to place them inside a tied bag and write on the bag where the wicks and the permitted oil are, “Hanukkah, not permitted for common use.”
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