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Moving a Reading Lamp on Shabbos

Question

 A reading lamp; if I make a condition before Shabbos that it should not be muktzeh for me and that I’ll be able to move it on Shabbos, is that Ok? 

Answer

Shalom uVracha,

Since the prohibition is due to moving the bulb, which is considered like a “flame,” designating it before Shabbos does not help to permit moving it.

Answered 16 October 2025 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
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