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- If a flame is exposed near, and directly opposite a door that swings into the house, do not open the door. The outside wind might blow it out. If there is no wind blowing at the moment, there are poskim who allow opening the door. You can rely upon them if you really need to, but open the door gently.(ShA – MB , )
- You may close the door to block the wind. (Rama )
- A door with a lamp fixed into it is not muktza as a bosis. Just the opposite – the lamp is bottel to the door, which has an important function of serving the house. The only concern of moving the door is the possibility of extinguishing and/or burning fuel. (ShA – MB , )
- Do not open the house door opposite a fire in the fireplace, which is close enough to make the fire burn brighter. If there is no breeze outside, it is allowed. (ShA – MB , )
- If a lamp was placed on the table on purpose before Shabbos, the table becomes a bosis and can be only touched, but not moved. If a lamp was left on the table by mistake, the table is not muktza. If you need the table, you may gently tilt the table and allow the wax candle to fall off. If it is inevitable that the flame will go out or it is an oil lamp, don’t tilt it off. A gentile can be instructed to tilt the lamp off of the table, even if the flame or oil will definitely go out. If a gentile is not available, it can be done by a child. (ShA – MB , , , ,)
- If an oil lamp was mistakenly left on the table, the table is not a bosis. You may carry the table gently with the burning lamp on it – it is not a p’sik rashay. (MB )
- Women are careful to place a loaf of bread (or anything necessary for Shabbos) on the table before candle lighting. This helps to keep the table movable. Since the table is also a bosis for bread, which is even more important than the muktza flames, it is not bottel to the candles.
- Once the flames go out, do not carry the table with the lamp on it if you are able to tilt the lamp off and it will not get damaged. (MB )
- A candelabra that hangs by a chain is forbidden to touch. Touching it, moves it. (MB )
- You are allowed to cover an exposed flame with a pottery bowl in order to block the light, as long as you don’t extinguish it (leave a little bit of space for the air to enter). (ShA – MB , )