One Friday R. Hanina saw that his daughter looked very sad. So he asked her, "My dear daughter, why do you look so sad? What has happened?"

She replied, "I wanted to kindle the Sabbath lamp and took what I thought was the

oil jar and filled the lamp. I find, however, that I filled the lamp with vinegar from the

vinegar jar."

Then R. Hanina said, "My dear daughter, there is no reason for you to be sad, for He who commanded the oil to burn, can also order the vinegar to burn."

We have been told that those lights kept on burning until the Habdalah candle was lit at the flame of this lamp, which was filled with vinegar.