Preparing Wax-Coated Wicks for Hanukkah
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Question
Wicks covered with wax, should they be prepared before lighting Hanukkah candles to remove the wax, so it is considered lighting with oil and not with wax?
Answer
A floating wick coated with wax is not considered lighting with wax because the wax quickly burns away. Some are meticulous to light them for a moment and immediately extinguish them before lighting, so that at the time of lighting, only the cotton burns without wax.
Source
Orach Chaim 673, Azmera Leshimcha Hanukkah
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