Commentary for Yevamot 27:12

ת"ש דרבי אבהו כי איקלע לאתריה דרבי יהושע בן לוי הוה מטלטל שרגא וכי איקלע לאתריה דר' יוחנן לא הוה מטלטל שרגא

a candle,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Sabbath. A candle, though it was burning when Sabbath set in may, according to R. Joshua who follows R. Simeon in permitting mukzeh (v. next note), be moved on the Sabbath after the flame has gone out. ');">¹⁹</span> but when he happened to be in the place of R. Johanan<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Johanan, following R. Judah, forbids the carrying or moving of a candle that had been burning when the Sabbath set in though it had subsequently gone out. As it was burning at the commencement of the Sabbath it was at that time fit for no other use and is regarded, therefore, as mukzeh, i.e., 'something set aside', that is not to be used for any other purpose. Anything that was mukzeh when the Sabbath began remains so until it ends. ');">²⁰</span>

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