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Onion Cut with a Dairy Knife and a Parve Knife

Changing the Text of the Eighteen Blessings

Text of the Shemoneh Esreh

The 'Havineinu' Prayer in Our Time

Praying in a minyan

Perfect Prayer or Torah Study

Monetary Laws and Charity

Receiving a Scholarship for Part of a Lesson

Use without permission

Use of Premises with the Owner's Consent

Living in the sukkah

Sleeping in the Sukkah during hot weather

Disposing of holy texts and objects

Tearing off the remnants of pages — Genizah

Caring for body and soul

Time of Blessing over a Fence

Praying in a minyan

Leading the Prayers for Those Who Do Not Observe Commandments

Jewish Worldview

A Woman Reciting Kaddish

Disposing of holy texts and objects

Genizah for a Ketubah

Removing the Torn Garment After Rending it at the Western Wall

The western wall

Tearing at the Western Wall on Saturday night when arriving close to sunset on Shabbat

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

A Business Partnership when a Relative of One of the Partners Dies: The Law of Acquiring His Share Before the Burial