Ruling on the Kosher Lamp
Chanoch HaCohen Ehrentreu
2003
I was asked by a resident in London concerning a portable electric lamp called “Kosher Lamp” which has a separate upper part which is made to direct the light or to cover it up altogether by twisting the shade, may it be adjusted on Shabbos, is there a problem of moving something which is Muktzah?1
It seems straightforward in Halacha that the upper…
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