<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Instead of the conventional candles or oil for ner Shabbos, may one instead use an electric light? Today&rsquo;s poskim are divided on the question and of those who allow an electric light, some prefer a light powdered by a battery. There are reported cases of poskei hador in the United States, who in exceptional cases used an electric light for neros Shabbos. One of them was Rav Moshe Feinstein who when he was once </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">in a hotel and unable to light candles, lit a flashlight and made a berachah over it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Another possible case was with Rav Aharon Kotler, who being in a hotel room where it was forbidden to kindle a flame, and he therefore utilised the electric light; (one should add that it is not clear from the context whether this was an actual occurrence with him or he just held this opinion). </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(see:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span><a href="http://ohr.edu/ask_db/ask_main.php/93/Q2/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://ohr.edu/ask_db/ask_main.php/93/Q2/</span></a> AND </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><a href="http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1655"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1655</span></a>)</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>