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1:55 AM

@mbloch He seems to like doing that: here's a terrible answer which he reposted, though admittedly the questions are basically dupes anyway. Nevertheless, both are absolutely false and potentially heretical.

This is just plain annoying, on a very different note

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mbloch

3:32 AM

@DonielF indeed and I see Monica took care of this issue. I was going to take care of of your other issue but I see someone else helped already. Congratulations and onwards!

Monica Cellio

@mbloch we got a flag pointing out the duplicate answers. Where duplicate answers exist, often duplicate questions are present (though not always). In this case the questions were dupes so I fixed that and then deleted the now-redundant answer. And left a comment, which I realize not everyone can see (but you can, as can @DonielF who has just crossed an important threshold, congrats!).

DonielF

3:52 AM

Thanks @mbloch and @Monica

@Monica Is it possible to get the comments on the now-deleted answer moved to a chat room and linked to the answer left up, or is that too complicated?

Monica Cellio

See this chat room for a comment thread from a now-deleted duplicate of this answer. — Monica Cellio ♦ 14 secs ago

I had to undelete to do that, which lost the original attribution on the deletion (there were two votes in the first round, not just my one), so it's not something to make a habit of, but it seems appropriate in this case.

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9:50 AM

Q: Can one extinguish Shabbat candles after dark if you a worried about an animal knocking it over and causing a fire?

If one lit Shabbat candles before dark, had them burning during dinner, and now wants to go to bed, but is worried that a cat or a dog might knock them over and cause a house fire; is it permissible to blow them out in the interest of safety?

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DonielF

10:52 AM

@Monica Thanks!

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