#5684 – A Mehadrin Kosher Menorah?

Horav Shlomo Kluger Zt”l (Shnos Chaim 218) and Beis Yitzchok (2: 145) and others maintain that it is needed.

Horav Shmuel Kamenetzky (Hilchos Chanuka 1: 4) is that in the onset (lechatchila) it is preferred.

However Maharsham (9: 39), Chasam Sofer 39, Daas Torah and others opine that it is not esential.

Horav Shlomo Miller Shli”ta maintains also that it is not needed at all, as the used Shemen Kik was used.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.