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Funeral and Burial

Burial of a Cohen in the Israelite Section

Purity laws for Kohanim

A Tent Adjacent to a Tent Containing a Corpse

Purity laws for Kohanim

Impurity of a severed limb for a Cohen

Purity laws for Kohanim

Performing Work When the Father is Sitting Shiva

The Mitzvah of Onah when the Father is Sitting Shiva for the Grandfather

Minor whose father is sitting Shiva for his grandfather

Redemption of the firstborn

Pidyon Haben for a Six-Year-Old Child

The month of Elul

Blowing a Cracked Shofar in the Month of Elul

Time for the Shehechiyanu Blessing on a New Balcony

Raising and scrolling of Torah scroll

Honoring a Woman in 'Rolling the Torah Scroll'

Giving birth and breastfeeding on saturday

Traveling to a Distant Hospital for Childbirth

Extra construction

Participation in the Roof Poured by the Neighbor

Tzedakah and Maaser

Commitment to Charity from the Deal

Laws of Partial Mourning for a Woman When Her Father Sits Shiva