May one use candlelight to differentiate between similar-looking garments or vessels on Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mechaber prohibits using candlelight to inspect and differentiate between similar-looking items, even to distinguish between one's own clothes and one's wife's clothes if they look alike.
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