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Photo : Olga Savina ( Shutterstock ) Menorahs can get messy. And o n top of whatever dusting you need to do for a decoration that spends most of the year in a box, candle wax is just a pain to clean up. Here’s how to clean all the different kinds of menorahs. How to clean silver menorahs Per Kosher.com , you can de-wax a silver menorah by putting it in the sink and pouring boiling water over top of it. Use a soft sponge to add some silver polish when you’re done, then a second sponge to clean it all with dish soap. Rinse it with hot water and dry it with a cloth. (You can also boil it in the water on the stove and just let the wax melt off and rise to the surface, where you can easily skim it off, but your menorah might be too big.) Before doing this, of course, plug your drain or lay down some tinfoil. Don’t remove the tinfoil and wax until the water has cooled down enough for you to touch it. When it’s time to store the menorah after Hanukkah, put it in a tightly-sealed plastic...

Photo : bzzup ( Shutterstock ) With temperatures around the country plummeting over the past few days, any air leaks in your home have likely become particularly noticeable. Perhaps you knew these cracks and crevices were there, but hadn’t gotten around to dealing with them yet. Or maybe, you did take the time to properly seal your home, and thought you took care of all the leaks, but the steady stream of frigid air coming from your wall says otherwise. This seems like it should be straightforward enough: Find the additional leaks, and then seal them up. But sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t locate the leak. Here’s what to do if you run into that problem. How to u se a candle to locate air leaks in your home One way to find a mystery air leak in your home is to use a candle. Here’s what to do: Find the right candle Generally speaking, longer, thinner candles—like the ones you’d put in candlesticks, or use at a candlelight vigil—work better than candles that co...