May a fastidious person (istenis) for whom the candle is repulsive move a candle that was lit on that Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Rema records a view that a fastidious person (istenis) for whom the extinguished candle is repulsive may remove it as a graf shel re'i (chamber pot analogy). The Rema adds that one who is stringent does not lose out. The Beit Hadar HaCohen and Magen Avraham extend this to anyone who finds the candle repulsive; Aruch HaShulchan and Gra question the logic, since if it were truly a graf shel re'i, all would be permitted — and this would render the dispute about muktzeh machmat mius moot.
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