I don’t know that I’m “mehadrin min hamehadrin,” but I do consider myself to be Yireh Shomayim, and I learn because I want to know how to do Hashem’s Torah as well as possible. Even though I might not be “mehadrin min hamehadrin,” I would like to be. I do use oil — actually the pre-filled oil cup candles that are now available, and I light increasing numbers of them each night. I don’t want to second-guess a Rov, especially one I don’t know, or say that he’s wrong. Maybe he saw something about you that generated the pasak. However, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with someone who wants to be “mehadrin min hamehadrin” from doing something at that level to get some “on-the-job” experience.
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