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MB3 103b: Secular Reading on Shabbos (307:16-19)

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

Reading secular material on Shabbos is problematic on Shabbos. Reading biographies of gedolim on Shabbos. Reading secular material written in Hebrew. Playing chess on Shabbos. Reading cookbooks or professional journals on Shabbos. Learning secular subjects on Shabbos.

Protecting merchandise that may be ruined on Shabbos (e.g. by water).

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is the Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere. He has been giving a Daf Yomi shiur for 30 years (available on YUTorah), and also gives a weekly gemara be’iyun shiur, daily halacha shiurim, and many other classes. An international lecturer on medical and halachic issues, Rabbi Dr. Glatt has autho...

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