[Avodah] LED "tealights" for Shabbos candles

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:04:16AM +0300, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
: In a fully lit room, where one woman has already lit candles, while it is
: preferable for any other women who want to light to light in a different
: place in the house, we (I think this is only for Ashkenazim but I don't
: remember) hold that tosefet ohr is enough of a reason to make a bracha over
: an additional lighting..

For that matter, most women today are lighting candles in an area already
well lit by the room's electric lighting. RHSchachter suggested that these
be shut off and turned back on too. IIRC but I'm not certain I do recall
correctly, he too said it was on the order of preferable, not mandatory.

:                         Further, if the room was fully dark without the
: LEDs and they gave off just enough light to avoid tripping over something
: on the floor, that would also presumably be enough light. Most LEDs, even
: small ones on electrical devices, would provide this level of light.

There are cars with LED headlights. LEDs can be quite bright. The
tealights in question are comparable to real ones.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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:-)BBii!
-Micha