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Laws Derived from Isaiah: Reading (723)

Chapter 29

Laws Derived from Isaiah: Running, Walking, Commerce, Measuring, Reading, Speaking

WHAT ONE IS FORBIDDEN TO READ* ON SHABBATH AND YOM TOV

44.a. One must not read papers connected with one’s day-to-day business.

44.b. Examples are

1) bills of debt,

2) accounts,

3) price labels on goods displayed in a shop window and

4) travel timetables.

44.c. Bills of debt, accounts and other documents which a person looks after carefully are muktzeh mei-chamath chesron kis. (See Chapter 20, paragraphs 19 and 20.)

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*Reference to reading in the paragraphs which follow includes reading cursorily or merely glancing through material.

 

The halachot are taken from the book 'Shemirath Shabbath Kehilchatha - English Edition' under the authority of the Feldheim Publishers. All rights are reserved for the heirs of the author, the late Rabbi Y. Neuwirth ZT"L, and for Feldheim Publishers. Copying or distribution for commercial purposes is prohibited; distribution for the benefit of the public is allowed, without any compensation.
“Shabbos is capable of having mercy upon us, and Hakadosh Baruch Hu will gather us from our exile. And were Yisrael to observe two Shabbasos properly, they would immediately be redeemed” (Zohar Chadas, Vayeshev)