Reading on Shabbat: Difference between revisions
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# It is permitted to read the ingredient list on food products on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Yalkut Yosef 307.12 </ref>. | # It is permitted to read the ingredient list on food products on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Yalkut Yosef 307.12 </ref>. | ||
# It is permitted to look in a phone book to find a specific name and address on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Yalkut Yosef 307.13 </ref> | # It is permitted to look in a phone book to find a specific name and address on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Yalkut Yosef 307.13 </ref> | ||
# It is permissible to read a pamphlet that has both Torah and advertisements as long as one is careful to not look at the advertisements. <ref> Hazon Ovadia, Volume 5, Page 72; Ach Tov VaHessed, Year 5783, Pages 115-116 </ref> | |||
==Learning Secular Subjects on Shabbat== | ==Learning Secular Subjects on Shabbat== | ||
# According to Sephardim, one should only learn Torah on [[Shabbat]] and one may not learn secular subjects such as science. According to Ashkenazim, many are lenient to allow learning secular wisdom on [[Shabbat]] but a pious person should refrain. <Ref> | # According to Sephardim, one should only learn Torah on [[Shabbat]] and one may not learn secular subjects such as science. According to Ashkenazim, many are lenient to allow learning secular wisdom on [[Shabbat]] but a pious person should refrain. <Ref> | ||
