If a non-Jew is available, should one have the non-Jew extinguish the candle rather than doing it oneself?
Synopsis
The Mishnah Berurah rules that if a non-Jew is readily available and there will be no delay, one should have the non-Jew extinguish the candle rather than doing it oneself, even for a dangerously ill person.
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