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Reading of the Torah

Needing the Bathroom During Torah Reading

Zimun for Ten When Not All Ate a Kezayit

Blessings of thanksgiving

Time for the Blessing 'Hatov Vehametiv' in a New Home

Blessings of thanksgiving

Time for the Blessing 'The Good and Beneficent' upon the Birth of a Son

Time for the Shehechiyanu Blessing on Clothing

Time for the Shehecheyanu Blessing on a Guitar

Time for the Shehecheyanu Blessing on an Air Conditioner

Leaving food on a source of heat and insulation on Shabbos eve

Leaving Food on a Built-in Hotplate on Shabbat

Other forbidden activities

Spraying Insect Repellent Against Cockroaches on Shabbat

Selling chametz

Payment by a Non-Jew for Chametz

According to whom is the time for lighting Hanukkah candles measured until people leave the market?

Using Oil Left from Yesterday's Lighting

Use of Candle Remnants of a Minor

Open Torah Scroll for Chanukah Reading on Rosh Chodesh Tevet

Signing the Bank's Heter Iska