We do not recite
blessing (for Havdalah) over the flame of gentiles...
It is understandable
in respect of a flame, for it did not rest (on the Sabbath)
Rashi seems to suggest that there is a transgression
("aveira"). Despite the fact that one would expect this to be
acceptable given that a gentile is permitted to light the lamp on Shabbos
(since he has no mitzva to keep Shabbos), there is still apparently a hint of
an aveira, given that it would have been forbidden for a Jew to complete the
same action. The Taz (Orach Chaim 298:5) comments that this Gezeira is
implemented despite the fact that a Jew is permitted to make use of a lamp lit
by a gentile for his own use, since the blessing (as opposed to the use)
requires there should be no hint of "aveira."
This prohibition is not extended writes the B'eer Haitiv to
a lamp lit by a Jew from a lamp lit by a gentile.
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