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face=Arial>From: David Riceman <A
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face=Arial><<But <BR>the idea of being able to (passively) read your
scroll on a Friday <BR>night, is, to my mind, programmed into the original idea
(fabric) of <BR>shabbas.>> [--R'n CL]<BR><BR>So when Hazal decreed "lo
yikra l'or haner" they were violating "the <BR>original fabric of
shabbos"?<BR><BR><BR>David Riceman<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV>My impression was that the issur of reading by candle-light is only if
you are alone. If someone else is there with you, they'll warn you and
stop you if you start to move the candle closer or adjust the wick. Am I
mistaken? </DIV>
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<DIV>And PS the issur /is/ still relevant, there have been times when the
Shabbos clock went off and the only available light for reading was a candle on
the table and everyone else was asleep and I said to myself, "OK lady you're out
of luck, if you want to keep reading now you will have to go to sleep and dream
that you are reading." Well the other option is to read a secular
magazine in the small throne room. Spirit of Shabbos? I don't
know. Sometimes I go to sleep and dream that I am writing to
Avodah, do you have to do teshuva for doing a melacha in your dreams on
Shabbos?</DIV>
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