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==Advertisements or business== | ==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, Yalkut Yosef 307.22, 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> | #It is forbidden to read a catalogue of advertisements or anything that has any bearing on finances on shabbat. <ref> Mishna Berura 307:63, Yalkut Yosef 307.22, 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> | ||
==Giving Invitations== | |||
# Technically, if the only time one see's his/her friends is on Shabbat, one may give out wedding or bar mitzvah invitations on Shabbat. One must make sure that the distribution of invitations does not cause one to violate the prohibition of carrying on Shabbat. However, it is absolutely preferable to to give out mitzvah invitations during the week. <ref> Yalkut Yosef 307.21 </ref>. | |||
==Sad stories== | ==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> | ||
