Related%20passage for Shabbat 44:5

דאיבעיא להו הדלקה עושה מצוה או הנחה עושה מצוה

— Said Rab: That was the western branch [of the candelabrum] in which the same quantity of oil was poured as into the rest, and yet he kindled [the others] from it and ended therewith.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Half a log of oil was poured into each branch, which was estimated to burn through the longest night. Thus by the morning they were extinguished. The following evening the priest cleaned out the old wicks, poured in fresh oil, and relit it: yet this western branch was still burning when he came to clean them out, which was done last of all. This miracle testified to the Divine Presence in Israel. On the western branch of the candelabrum v. Men. 78b. ');">⁹</span> Now here, since the branches are immovable, it is impossible other than that he take [a chip] and kindle [it];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In order to light the others. ');">¹⁰</span>

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