Study Guide Shabbat 30 Are there certain circumstances in which we allow one to extinguish a candle on Shabbat? In what circumstances and why? The gemara brings a long drasha that begins with contradictions between statements of Shlomo's in Kohelet and statements of David in Tehillim regarding the importance of dead people as compared to live people. This was brought as an intro to answer the question of whether one can extinguish a candle for a sick person on Shabbat. The gemara brings other contradicitions in Kohelet and Mishlei on account of which they wanted to suppress those books, however the gemara found ways to resolve the contradictions.