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==Learning secular subjects on Shabbat== | |||
#Some are lenient in reading secular subjects on shabbat, but it is proper to be stringent. <ref> Mishna Berura 380:65. Shulchan Aruch 307:17 says that it's forbidden to read anything other than torah, but there are some who are lenient. see http://www.ravaviner.com/2010/01/studying-secular-subjects-on-shabbat.html </ref> | #Some are lenient in reading secular subjects on shabbat, but it is proper to be stringent. <ref> Mishna Berura 380:65. Shulchan Aruch 307:17 says that it's forbidden to read anything other than torah, but there are some who are lenient. see http://www.ravaviner.com/2010/01/studying-secular-subjects-on-shabbat.html </ref> | ||
==Bus schedule== | |||
# One shouldn’t read a bus schedule on Shabbat. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat, vol 2, pg 197) </ref> | # One shouldn’t read a bus schedule on Shabbat. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat, vol 2, pg 197) </ref> | ||
# One is permitted to read street signs on Shabbat. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat, vol 2, pg 197) </ref> | # One is permitted to read street signs on Shabbat. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat, vol 2, pg 197) </ref> | ||
==Reading captions of pictures== | |||
#It is forbidden to read the captions of pictures on Shabbat. <ref> Gemara Shabbat 149 </ref> However, if is a caption underneath the picture of a rabbi then you may have room to be lenient. <ref> Rav Moshe Halevi in Menuchat Ahava 1 page 236 cites some rabbis who allow it since it enhances your fear of G-d but nevertheless says one should be strict even in this. </ref> | #It is forbidden to read the captions of pictures on Shabbat. <ref> Gemara Shabbat 149 </ref> However, if is a caption underneath the picture of a rabbi then you may have room to be lenient. <ref> Rav Moshe Halevi in Menuchat Ahava 1 page 236 cites some rabbis who allow it since it enhances your fear of G-d but nevertheless says one should be strict even in this. </ref> | ||
#It is forbidden to read a catalogue of advertisements or anything that has any bearing on finances on shabbat. <ref> Mishna Berura 307:63, Rav Yisrael Belsky in Shulchan Halevi page 90, as well as Menuchat Ahava 1 | ==Advertisements or business== | ||
#It is forbidden to read a catalogue of advertisements or anything that has any bearing on finances on shabbat. <ref> Mishna Berura 307:63, Rav Yisrael Belsky in Shulchan Halevi page 90, as well as Menuchat Ahava (vol 1, pg 233) who says this prohibition even applies if your a shopping for a mitzva related item such as the arba minim. </ref> | |||
==Sad stories== | |||
#It is preferable not to read sad things that may bring the reader to tears such as holocaust stories. <ref> Mishnah Berurah 307:3; Ketzot Hashulchan 107:43. </ref> | #It is preferable not to read sad things that may bring the reader to tears such as holocaust stories. <ref> Mishnah Berurah 307:3; Ketzot Hashulchan 107:43. </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 20:21, 2 January 2012
Learning secular subjects on Shabbat
- Some are lenient in reading secular subjects on shabbat, but it is proper to be stringent. [1]
Bus schedule
- One shouldn’t read a bus schedule on Shabbat. [2]
- One is permitted to read street signs on Shabbat. [3]
Reading captions of pictures
- It is forbidden to read the captions of pictures on Shabbat. [4] However, if is a caption underneath the picture of a rabbi then you may have room to be lenient. [5]
Advertisements or business
- It is forbidden to read a catalogue of advertisements or anything that has any bearing on finances on shabbat. [6]
Sad stories
- It is preferable not to read sad things that may bring the reader to tears such as holocaust stories. [7]
References
- ↑ Mishna Berura 380:65. Shulchan Aruch 307:17 says that it's forbidden to read anything other than torah, but there are some who are lenient. see http://www.ravaviner.com/2010/01/studying-secular-subjects-on-shabbat.html
- ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat, vol 2, pg 197)
- ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat, vol 2, pg 197)
- ↑ Gemara Shabbat 149
- ↑ Rav Moshe Halevi in Menuchat Ahava 1 page 236 cites some rabbis who allow it since it enhances your fear of G-d but nevertheless says one should be strict even in this.
- ↑ Mishna Berura 307:63, Rav Yisrael Belsky in Shulchan Halevi page 90, as well as Menuchat Ahava (vol 1, pg 233) who says this prohibition even applies if your a shopping for a mitzva related item such as the arba minim.
- ↑ Mishnah Berurah 307:3; Ketzot Hashulchan 107:43.
