Reading a Book Without Intention to Purchase
Question
Hello Rabbi, Are books or pamphlets for sale in a synagogue allowed to be browsed in place [of course, carefully] without the intention of purchasing them? Thank you very much.
Answer
Hello,
Generally, the seller does not mind a light browsing unless stated otherwise.
However, continuous reading will inevitably turn the book or pamphlet into 'used', and certainly, the seller would mind that.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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