Commentary for Shabbat 45:3
אמר רב ששת אכסנאי חייב בנר חנוכה א"ר זירא מריש כי הוינא בי רב משתתפנא בפריטי בהדי אושפיזא בתר דנסיבי איתתא אמינא השתא ודאי לא צריכנא דקא מדליקי עלי בגו ביתאי:
but after I took a wife I said, Now I certainly do not need it, because they kindle [the lamp] on my behalf at my home.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He continued to study away from home after marriage. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> R. Joshua b. Levi said: All oils are fit for the Hanukkah lamp, but olive oil is of the best. Abaye observed: At first the Master [Rabbah] used to seek poppy-seed oil, saying, The light of this is more lasting;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: this oil burned slower. Tosaf.'s reading seems to be: this gives a stronger light: on grounds of logic this would appear preferable. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> but when he heard this [dictum] of R. Joshua b. Levi, he was particular for olive oil, saying, This yields a clearer light. R. Joshua b. Levi also said: All oils are fit<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ink was made of soot and oil or gum, and was a solid cake of pigment which had to be loosened before use. Cf. supra, Mishnah on 17b. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>