Studying Literature in the Gemara
Question
Is it permissible to study literature on Shabbat: 1. Literature about a story in the Gemara, for example, the story of Hillel who went up to the roof. 2. Just a passage about the Holocaust or anything else that is not sacred.
Answer
Hello,
A story in the Gemara is permissible.
Literature on other topics is permissible according to the law, but a God-fearing person will be stringent.
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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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Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 308
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