Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

And also, I never would have even, if there was a trajectory, what actually happened in my life never would have entered my mind as being part of that trajectory.

That I'd be teaching at a Pesach level, that I'd be teaching at a Smich level, never would have entered my mind that such a thing could happen.

you try to teach HaKadosh Baruch Hu's children, you try to take care of them, you try to love HaKadosh Baruch Hu's children, and if you feel that that's what's the right thing for you to do, and you put your heart and soul into it, HaKadosh Baruch Hu takes care of those who take care of His children.

I don't know, that's my attitude.

And just as a warning, by the way, there are no guarantees in other fields either, especially now with AI.

Entire fields may disappear.

So there are no guarantees anywhere.

And also to point out that if you're very good at what you do, the community will usually value that, and they'll want to make sure that you're taken care of in a respectful way.

Okay, question number six.

Camps and schools often give children a single braided wick to make Havzalah candles.

Is a single braided wick halachically acceptable for Avdallah?

How essential is it to have two distinct wicks?

It's very interesting.

I didn't know that that was a minach.

I didn't even know that that was a thing, that they do single braided wicks.

I always thought that it was like standard practice that a Avdallah candle has two wicks to it.

Where does it come from that a Avdallah candle has two wicks to it?

So it's a Gemara in Pesach HaMandavkov Gimel.

that you should have an avukah for Havdalah, that the ideal thing to use for Havdalah should be an avukah.

The Rambam in Hilch HaShabbos, Per HaHavtez, quotes this, and the Magna Mishnah says, because an avukah, it defines an avukah as something that has, like, lots of flames.