Concern about tilting an electric light on Shabbat

From: Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler

To: Rabbi Avraham Sofer

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The responsum discusses the concern that one might tilt an electric light on Shabbat, and whether it is permissible to read and study by its light, noting the practice of Rabbi Shimon Sofer not to use electric light even in a mixed city.

Source: Orach Chayim II §52

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