Can husband adjust candle after wife lighting the Shabbos candle? #Torah #shorts

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Can husband adjust candle after wife lighting the Shabbos candle? https://youtube.com/shorts/Jd1hBJLieJ0 #halachos #learnwithlerner #shorts - - - - - BeEzrat HaShem Learn with Lerner LevLeib@BeEzratHaShem.org Join our FREE online classes every Monday to Thursday night: +1 201-725-3444 | JEW, BE, HOLY | - - - - - Textbook for the Shiur: A Women’s guide to Practical Halachah (Halachos for Women): https://www.artscroll.com/Books/9781422628034.html Full Lecture: Makeup and Candle-lighting for Shabbos - Halachos for Women (14) https://youtu.be/-xG7IL7DB88 In this engaging halachic discussion, Rabbi Lev Leib Lerner addresses a very practical and common scenario that occurs in many Jewish homes every Friday evening. The moment of lighting the Shabbat candles brings a sense of holiness and peace into the house, but it also introduces specific laws regarding what can and cannot be done once the holy day has been accepted. A fascinating question arises from the audience: what happens if a wife has already lit her candles and accepted the sanctity of Shabbat, only to realize that one of the lights is crooked? If the oil or wax is about to drip and cause a mess, can she ask her husband to step in and fix the chandelier? The situation becomes a complex puzzle of halacha involving the laws of muktzeh and the timing of sunset. While the wife has already brought the light of the Sabbath into her soul, her husband might still be in the weekday period before he heads to the synagogue for Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat. This creates a unique window of time where two people in the same room are living in different spiritual realities. Rabbi Lerner explores whether the candles become muktza immediately at the start of twilight and if a husband is permitted to adjust a flame or a wick that was set aside for the mitzvah. As the discussion unfolds, the Rabbi explains the importance of being prepared before the sun sets to avoid these stressful moments. However, life is unpredictable, and knowing the proper conduct for the transition into the day of rest is essential for every observant household. Will the husband be allowed to straighten the candle, or does the law of muktzeh prevent any movement of the base once the light is lit? Join Rabbi Lerner as he begins to break down these intricate details of Jewish law to ensure your home remains both peaceful and halachically sound.