Software for printing news on Shabbat
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Question
Is it permitted, before Shabbat and Yom Tov, to set up a computer program that automatically collects news about the war and sends it to the printer, so that I can read the printed pages on Shabbat and Yom Tov?
Answer
שלום וברכה
It is forbidden to do this, because the news items were written on Shabbat in a prohibited manner, and it is forbidden to derive benefit from them on Shabbat.
In addition, any melachah that creates noise, and is not commonly scheduled before Shabbat, involves an element of disrespect and degradation of Shabbat.
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