DAF SUGYA WITH RABBI ELEFANT SHABBOS DAF 23 PART 2 OIL FOR THE MENORAH

RABBI ELEFANT BRINGS THE YESHOUS YAAKOV WHO ASKS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH OIL SHOULD YOU USE HALF WAX AND HALF OIL?1S T OF ALL THE WHOLE HOUSE DOES NOT HAVE TO USE OIL BUT 1PERSON SHOULD NOT SPLIT HALF WAX HALF OIL.THE POSKIM SAY NOWADAYS THERE IS PREPARED OIL CUPS THAT ARE GELLED CAN YOU USE THESE FOR YOUR MENORAH?THERE WAX ON THE WICK SO YOU WILL NOT BE USING OIL AS THE FUEL BUT TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM DIP THE WICK IN OIL.RAV SHTERNBAUCH HAS A PROBLEM WITH THESE GELLED OIL CUPS AND SAYS LICATCILLA ITS NOT THE WAY IT WAS DONE IN THE BAIS HAMIKDASH WHERE A REFINED HEAT WAS USED NOT A COLD PRESS WAS USED.ALTHOUGH RAV SHTERNBAUCH DOES SAYS YOU ARE YOTZA YOUR MITZVA WITH GELLED OIL CUPS BUT ITS BETTER TO USE LIQUID OIL.THE MARHARSHAM IN DAS TORAH SAYS THEY FOUND GELLED OIL IN THE BAIS HAMIDASH SO THERE NO PROBLEM OF IT NOT BEING SIMILAR TO THE BAIS HAMIKDASH.RAV WOSNER SAYS YOU CAN USE GELLED OIL CUPS LICATCILLA B/C IT DOS NOT HAVE TO BE SIMILAR TO THE BAIS HAMIKDASH.CLICK HERE FOR THE SHIUR