Reply To: Hello99, DY, et al: Maskim?

Popa – That Kaf HaChaim is matir striking a match in such a case (when you can’t get fire from somewhere else). But even without that, the svara is to be more machmir by fire than by an electric light, since many times you can get fire for your candle from your neighbor’s oven, whereas by an electric light it is never possible to do that.