Lighting Scented Candles
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Question
Is it permissible to light the Chanukah candles using scented candles that emit a pleasant fragrance?
Answer
It is permitted, even though one in practice benefits from the fragrance of the candle.
Source
Based on Shaarei Tzion to Siman 673, subsec. 11. See also Shach, Yoreh De’ah, Siman 108, subsec. 27; Pesachim 26.
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