Hanukkah candle for a Yisrael with terumah oil
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Question
My friend is a kohen. He received from an oil factory several small barrels of oil so that he can use them for lighting the Hanukkah candles, and he was shown in the words of the Rambam that a kohen is permitted to use oil of terumah that has become impure for the Hanukkah candle. It is written there in the Rambam that a Yisrael, in a pressing situation, may use this oil not in his capacity as a kohen. I wanted to ask: I am a Yisrael; is it possible for him to sell me some of this oil so that I can also light with this oil, and is this permitted?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
Our teacher, HaRav HaGaon Rabbi Amram Fried shlita, has ruled:
With oil of terumah that has become impure it is permitted to light in the synagogue, and likewise for a kohen in his home.
But a Yisrael in his home should not light with it, unless he has no other oil.
Source
Azmera LeShimkha 313
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