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if you do not permit him to move the corpse in an atypical manner, he will come to extinguish the fire. The rabbis permitted performing an act prohibited by rabbinic law so that one will not come to transgress a Torah prohibition. R' Yehuda ben Sheila said that Rav Asi said that R' Yoḥanan said: The
We learned in the Mishnah that one may not make use of the oil that drips from the candle on Shabbat because it is not among the oil prepared from Friday for use on Shabbat. With regard to this same issue, A baraita states: The remaining oil that is in the lamp or in a bowl in which a wick was burni
Mishnah: The dispute in this Mishnah seems to be a local one; however, it is the key to several halakhot in the area of the prohibition of set-aside [muktze]. One may move a new oil lamp on Shabbat but not an old one that was already used. A lamp that was used is covered with soot and unsuitable fo
Talmud: A baraita states the dispute in the Mishnah in greater detail in a Tosefta: One may move a new oil lamp on Shabbat but not an old one; this is the statement of R' Yehuda. R' Meir says: All oil lamps may be moved on Shabbat except for an oil lamp that they kindled on that Shabbat. R' Meir
Abaye said: R' Eliezer, son of R' Shimon, holds in accordance with the opinion of his father in one matter and disagrees with him in one matter. He holds in accordance with the opinion of his father in one matter, as he is not of the opinion that moving set-aside objects is prohibited. And he disagr