Thursday, December 6, 2007

Rabbi Marshmallow has a question!!!

Why does the Chanukiah get so many exeptions? What if the lights from the Chanukiah destroy an ENTIRE city and make everyone poor and starving? Is the guy with the Chanukiah (that started the fire) still exempt?

Love ya! Leah (a.k.a. Rabbi Marshmallow

17 comments:

Julie said...

If it was his fault then he is guilty! there should be NO exceptions. even if someone was dying and he accidentally knocked it over, then it still is his fault because it ended up killing more people then he would have saved...

COURT ADJOURNED

Sarah Q said...

For something as catestrofic as that then of course he should pay but what if he gets al poor and starving when he pays?

Evan W. said...

is it even possible for that to happen? if it somehow is, Rabbi 3rd person says, "Rabbi 3rd person says that the chanukkiah owner is obligated to pay for the damages
G&E

E Palte said...

Well if he burned the whole city he is gonna have more than a fine on his back!

If ti is so large scale he should have to pay.

Julie said...

nice evan

Anonymous said...

he is definitely not exempt because if someone kills a whole city then they have to fix the problem no matter what their excuse is

Leah said...

Rabbi Marshmallow wants to explain the WHOLE situation:
There is a donkey passing a shoe shop that is Jewish. There is a Chanukiah outside and the flax on the donkey lights everything on fire.

In other situations, the store owner is exempt because he was just celebrating the holiday of Chanukah. But what if because of the whole Chanukiah everything breaks down??!?!?!?!?

Sarah- He might get all poor and starving, but it IS his fault, rite?

Evan- It is TOTALLY possible.

Sarah Q said...

Yeah i guess but then it will be sad :'(

Evan W. said...

how?

Julia Emma said...

For such a tragedy and huge disaster the mand with the Chanukiah would not be exmept accoring to the law. But accroding to halacha the man would be exempt

JUlia

Julie said...

this is all possible...but people never said that you got an exemption because it is hannukah candles. you are still responsible.

Ari said...

He is still exempt, its not his fault

Yael Dosetareh said...

hey guys whatsup?!! um Leah. I agrre with Eytan.

Cayley S. said...

If he left his menorah in a place were it could burn down the whole city hes not exempt but if he put it in a place that it was not obvious that it would burn down the city he is exempt it could have happened to anyone right??

Cayley S. said...

If he left his menorah in a place were it could burn down the whole city hes not exempt but if he put it in a place that it was not obvious that it would burn down the city he is exempt it could have happened to anyone right??

Anonymous said...

There is no way a city could be set on fire due to the light of a menorah.

Unless you live in the industrial part of New Jersey and you have oil tanks instead of trees.

ginsy said...

For such a tragedy and huge disaster the mand with the Chanukiah would not be exmept accoring to the law. But accroding to halacha the man would be exempt