Commentary for Shabbat 46:2
אמר רב יצחק בר רדיפה א"ר הונא נר שיש לה שני פיות עולה לב' בני אדם אמר רבא מילא קערה שמן והקיפה פתילות כפה עליה כלי עולה לכמה בני אדם לא כפה עליה כלי עשאה כמין מדורה ואפילו לאחד נמי אינה עולה:
Raba said: If one fills a dish with oil and surrounds it with wicks, and places a vessel over it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the whole looks like a lamp with many spouts. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> it is credited to many people; if he does not place a vessel over it, he turns it into a kind of fire,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' All the flames merge into one and create one great blaze; it does not look like a lamp at all then. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> and is not credited even to one.
Rashi on Shabbat
Two spouts: As their lamps were of clay. And they were covered, so they made a hole on the sides of the cover to insert a wick into it, and that is the spout. And above, in the cover, there is [another] small hole; and there is also an empty space above the cover and he fills it with oil, and it enters through the [small] hole, little by little. If it has two holes from two sides, it counts for two people as beautified (mehadrin) - those that do a lamp for each person.
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Rashi on Shabbat
Made it like a bonfire: As the fire connects in its center and it is not similar to a lamp [any more].
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