Daily Halacha - Is it Permissible to Read Torah Pamphlets that Contain Advertisements?

Is it permissible to read labels or ingredients written on products?

Those who read what is written on food packages, beverage bottle labels and the like on Shabbat, there is no prohibition against this due to the prohibition of ordinary documents. [Yalkut Yosef Shabbat Vol. 2 page 198].

It is permissible to look in a telephone book to check someone's address, and there is no prohibition because of the decree against reading ordinary documents. [Yalkut Yosef Shabbat Vol. 2 page 198].

One may be lenient and read greeting cards for the New Year, even though the Sages decreed against reading documents related to business transactions. Nevertheless, since one derives pleasure from this, it is permissible [Chazon Ovadia 5, p. 71].

Is it permissible to read Torah pamphlets that contain advertisements?

It is permissible to read pamphlets that contain Torah content and advertisements, provided that one is careful not to look at the advertisements [Chazon Ovadia 5, p. 72].

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