Using electric light on Shabbat

From: Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler

To: Unknown recipient

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The responsum discusses whether it is permissible to leave electric lights on from before Shabbat to illuminate on Shabbat night, considering that non-Jewish workers might add fuel to maintain the light, and whether this constitutes a Shabbat transgression for Jews.

Source: Orach Chayim I §47

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