Does a wood stove (tiled/plastered oven) have the same threshold requirements as an open wood fire before Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mishnah Berurah discusses whether a home heating stove sealed with clay is subject to the same self-sustaining flame requirement as an open medurah.
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