<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" align="left"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The reason for saying a berachah over fire on motzaei Shabbos is as a remembrance that Hakadosh Baruch Hu instructed Adam harishon on the first motzaei Shabbos how to rub two stones together and create a fire. (Pesachim 54a) One could think from this that the fire to be used at havdalah on motzaei Shabbos must be a new fire made on motzaei Shabbos, and that one cannot use a ner sheshovas as is required on motzaei Yom Kippur. However, no one seems to suggest this, even as a hiddur.</span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Consider the following scenario: Havdalah is being made in a large yeshivah Beis Hamidrash and this will be the only havdalah that the bachurim will hear and they will fulfil the mitzvah of havdalah by the principle of shomea k&rsquo;one. However, to fulfil the mitzvah of the berachah over the light one has to be close enough to be able to distinguish by its light coins of two different countries. (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 298:4) Those bachurim who are too far away from the candle, as many will be in a large full Beis Hamidrash, will certainly not be close enough to be able to distinguish two such coins. In fact it would be necessary after havdalah to leave the havdalah candle burning so that the bachurim can approach it and recite the berachah. (Mishnah Berurah: 297:13 (end), 298:13) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>