Phone Notifications on Shabbat and Holidays
Question
Is it permissible to look at notifications on a smartphone that light up the screen with news updates on Shabbat or holidays?
Answer
Hello Rabbi
It is forbidden to look at messages sent in violation, as it involves deriving benefit from an action done in violation of Shabbat.
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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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