If one forgot a candle on a board before Shabbat, may one tilt the board on Shabbat so the candle falls off?
Synopsis
When a candle was forgotten on a board before Shabbat, one may tilt the board to drop the candle, provided one does not intend to extinguish it, it is a wax candle or oil is exhausted, and the board was not deliberately left as a base (beis) for the candle.
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