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# It’s forbidden to cut or rip pages of a book that were not properly cut through in binding. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 28:1 </ref>
# It’s forbidden to cut or rip pages of a book that were not properly cut through in binding. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 28:1 </ref>
# If pages were stuck together by glue or some or material (like water) then it depends; if the pages are stuck in a place of letters it’s forbidden to pull them apart because in doing so one breaks the letters, however, if the pages are stuck in a place of no letters it’s permissible to pull the pages apart. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 28:1 </ref>
# If pages were stuck together by glue or some or material (like water) then it depends; if the pages are stuck in a place of letters it’s forbidden to pull them apart because in doing so one breaks the letters, however, if the pages are stuck in a place of no letters it’s permissible to pull the pages apart. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 28:1 </ref>
# It’s preferable not to open a book with words or pictures written across the edge of their leaves and are broken and put back together when the book is opened and closed, however, many authorities permit opening the book in such a case. The problem is best avoided by not writing on the edge of books. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 28:2 </ref>
===Writing on the Side of Books===
{{Writing on the Side of Books}}
==Broken books==
==Broken books==
# If a page is torn in a book it’s permissible to place the two half pages next to one another in order to read it if no other copy of the same book is available, however one may not tape the two pieces together. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 28:3 </ref>
# If a page is torn in a book it’s permissible to place the two half pages next to one another in order to read it if no other copy of the same book is available, however one may not tape the two pieces together. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 28:3 </ref>