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May one read a wedding or Bar Mitzvah invitation on Shabbos?[1]

Yes.

[1] Piskeiy Teshuvos 307:19; Minchas David 2:40

May one read a wedding or Bar Mitzvah invitation on Shabbos?[1]

It is permitted to distribute an invitation on Shabbos. However, some Poskim[2] rule that if the invitation is sealed closed it is Muktzah, and even if not, one may not distribute it if he will see the people during week.[3]

[1] Piskeiy Teshuvos 307:19; Minchas David 2:40

[2] Piskeiy Teshuvos ibid

[3] Vetzaruch Iyun as a) There is no Issur of Tircha on Shabbos when a person will benefit from it on Shabbos and it can read it on Shabbos. B) One may ask a gentile to open it and hence why should it be Muktzah.

Taking mail from the mailman:[1]

One is not to take mail from the mailman, but is rather to have him put it down, in order so one not come to take any part in the gentile’s act of carrying.

[1] Admur 307:27

Starting Shemoneh Esrei together with the Minyan:[1]

The main aspect of Davening with a Minyan is to begin Shemoneh Esrei together with the Minyan at exactly the same time. Accordingly, one should get into the habit of praying at a pace that he can begin Davening Shemoneh Esrei together with the Minyan.

[1] Admur 109:4 and Peri Megadim Ashel Avraham 109:2; Levushei Serud 109

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