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Intermediate Days of Festival (Chol ha-Moed)

Newborn Photography during Chol Hamoed

The seventh year (Shemittah)

The Sanctity of the Seventh Year in Mixed Food

The form of use of seventh produce

Amount of Shemitah Fruits Allowed for Harvesting

The Measurement of Four Cubits for a Mezuzah

Trade and consumption

Payment for Bags in the Store

Forbidden activities on Shabbos – the 39 melachos

Unintentional Shabbat Violation

Medication on Shabbos

Applying Ointment on Shabbat

Fasting during the Days of Selichot

Calculating Menstrual Cycle During Pregnancy

Honouring parents

Manicure for Mother

Reciting Selichot with Tefillin

Breadcrumbs after eating

House committee payments

Who pays to fix the plumbing?

Concern about Shatnez

Meals and sybmolic foods during Rosh ha-Shanah

Sour Foods During the Ten Days of Repentance