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The First Year after Death

Participation of a mourner in a celebration

Coloring Tefillin Not for the Sake of the Mitzvah

Other situations

Netilat Yadayim for one who touches hair

Blessings on various foods

The blessing for quinoa

Grace after meal (birkas hamazon)

Drinking after Birkat Hamazon

Weddings and music

Vocal drum sounds during the Counting of the Omer

Haircuts and shaving

Haircut for a Prisoner during the Days of the Omer

Tachanun on Pesach Sheni

Blessing and counting of the Omer

The Time for Counting the Omer

Kashrut of a breast pump for Pesach

Different objects

Returning a Lost Item: Battery

Shabbos candles when leaving home

Traveling after lighting candles

Foods kosher for Passover

Fruits Left from Before Pesach

Disposing of holy texts and objects

Placing an Encyclopedia in Geniza

Non-food items on Passover

Face cream for Passover