What is the proper procedure if lights in the synagogue go out during Yom Kippur and who should attend to them?
Synopsis
When synagogue lights go out on Yom Kippur, the community should be careful not to explicitly request a non-Jew to relight them, as this violates the rabbinic prohibition. However, the custom is to station a non-Jew beforehand who independently tends to the lights.
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