People who observe shabbath: are there any direct prohibitions on consuming information, besides any indirect effects of not consuming electricity-based media?
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The rabbinical answer I got as a kid: Work is work is work. You can’t cheat god. It’s a time to be connected to people and food and to relax.
Reading and writing are forbidden.
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Can you do house work? What an amazing concept. My Protestant upbringing worshipped work no matter what day it was.
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Letter of the law = don't read material about business matters; spirt of the law = try to stick to reading material directly or indirectly about spiritual matters. Many Orthodox Jews outside of the Charedi sphere are not particularly strict about the latter.
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