Base for Chanukah candles
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Question
I light in the bedroom window, and I want to take down the Chanukah menorah box (with the menorah inside, of course) on Shabbat night in order to close the shutter and the window.
Is it possible to do this by placing a piece of jewelry on it?
And does the jewelry have to be inside the Chanukah menorah box, or can it be placed on top of the Chanukah menorah box?
And what about concern for suspicion?
Answer
Shalom u-vracha
The ruling of our teacher, HaRav HaGaon Rabbi Amram Fried shlita, is that placing a valuable item on the Chanukah menorah box does not help to permit moving it.
The effective method is to place the menorah on a chair or table, and on them place jewelry that is more valuable than the menorah; then it is permitted to move the chair with everything on it into the house.
Source
Azamera Leshimkha 313, responsa section, question 82.
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