Q&A: Burning the Wicks
Burning the Wicks
Question
It is mentioned that one should keep the wicks and burn them on Passover eve together with the burning of leavened food, perhaps for the reason that since one commandment was performed with them, one should perform another commandment with them.
But there are those who have the custom to burn them specifically on the day known as “This Is Hanukkah,” in accordance with the law of reading about the leftover sacrificial meat. There are also wonderful segulot on “This Is Hanukkah” for livelihood and children, and also the virtue of “the zealous perform commandments early,” so as not to wait.
I would be happy to know the Rabbi’s opinion on the matter. And is there some segulah-related value in burning them with a large crowd and with singing?
Answer
Obviously. I also support standing on one foot and reciting “cock-a-doodle-doo” during the burning. That is capable of bringing a great many salvations.
Discussion on Answer
The “cock-a-doodle-doo” is a rectification for the chicken used for kapparot.
Because it is known in the books that whatever a Jew did not manage to accomplish on the eve of Yom Kippur with the kapparot chicken, he can accomplish by saying “cock-a-doodle-doo” ליד the wicks on “This Is Hanukkah.”
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Regarding the custom of standing on one foot that the Rabbi mentioned, just to note that Hasidim are careful to stand on the right foot and alternately raise the right foot, because of the verse “the right hand of the Lord acts valiantly”; “valiantly” has the numerical value of 48, and they are seeking to attain this level. And the cry of the rooster in the secret of “cock-a-doodle-doo” is well known to those who know esoteric wisdom. There are many Hasidic courts that truly practice this and bring about salvations, and many have been helped even though they are not aware of it. The Rabbi can see on YouTube and on Haredi websites—astonishing!