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I was at someone’s house after Shabbos recently and noted that before putting out their havdalah candle, they started a little mini- bonfire from it by dipping the candle into alcohol (vodka I think.) Has anyone seen this? Is there a source for this? I thought it was kind of fun.
It’s a regular minhag to put out the havdala fire from what you have in the becher you made the brocha on for havdala.
I think I heard it b’sheim the pyromaniacer rebbe
When I was a kid (my parents were away) I made Havdolah on whisky and, obviously, dipped the candle afterwards … I nearly set the house on fire! Never again!
I’m told that my grandparents (who I never knew) had a shtarke minhag to light their first post-Shabbos cigarette from the Havdolah candle.I guess am just old school. I close my eyes, make a wish for a Shavua Tov, and blow out the candle regularly.
Someone in my neighborhood does the same thing. I always thought the did it to entertain his grandchildren.
I once tried this with vodka, but it didn’t work, so I used rubbing alcohol instead.
My grandfather used to do that. Don’t think it was a minhag, just something fun he liked to do.
Dr E, old school yidden would never blow out a candle. It’s considered a terrible thing, though you’ll hear various reasons given, which is a sign that nobody really knows why.
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