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# It's preferable to light with olive oil, if one doesn't have olive oil, the next best is all other oils that burn with a clear flame, and lastly, wax candles are also acceptable. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 264:6 writes that olive oil is preferable to other oils and Mishna Brurah 264:23 adds that wax candles are inferior to oil candles. This is also the opinion of Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 43:4 and Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] vol 1 pg 187). </ref> | # It's preferable to light with olive oil, if one doesn't have olive oil, the next best is all other oils that burn with a clear flame, and lastly, wax candles are also acceptable. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 264:6 writes that olive oil is preferable to other oils and Mishna Brurah 264:23 adds that wax candles are inferior to oil candles. This is also the opinion of Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 43:4 and Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] vol 1 pg 187). </ref> | ||
===Electric Candles=== | ===Electric Candles=== | ||
see [[Electricity_on_Shabbat#Using_a_light_bulb_for_Shabbat_Candles_and_Havdala]] | see [[Electricity_on_Shabbat#Using_a_light_bulb_for_Shabbat_Candles_and_Havdala|Using a light bulb for Shabbat Candles and Havdala]] | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Shabbat]] | [[Category:Shabbat]] | ||
