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May one read the captions on pictures of Tzadikim?
Some[1] write that it is permitted to do so, as it purpose is to bring one closer to fear of Heaven, and is hence considered done for the sake of a Mitzvah.
[1] Mishnas Yosef 7:72; Chazon Ovadia 6:45; Migdanos Eliyahu; Piskeiy Teshuvos 307 footnote 187
May one read the captions on sports cards and the like on Shabbos?
No.
May one read the captions under pictures found in a Sefer, such as a Chumash, Gemara, Mishnayos, and the like?
One may do so in the process of learning Torah, and for the purpose of learning.[1] Furthermore, some learn that one may do so even out of curiosity [not in the midst of learning] as the pictures in Torah Sefarim bring one to learn from the Sefer.
[1] Orchos Rabbeinu 1:140
No as by reading such books one entices the evil inclination on himself, and those which compiled it and those which copied them ,and it goes without saying those which published them are included within those which cause the public to sin.
Should a Bal Korei who reads with a Sephardic accent repeat the words Zeicher and Zecher?
Yes, if he knows how to do so.
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