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Blessing without a Kippah

Haircuts and shaving

Continue Shaving During the Days of the Omer

The Obligation to Join Feet During the Amidah

Looking in a Mirror During the Amidah

Keeping Feet Together Until Kedusha

Raising the Body during Kedusha in the Middle of Shemoneh Esrei

Silence in the Amidah during Kedusha

Walking and sitting in front of and behing a praying person

Passing in Front of Someone Praying

Amen in kaddish

Responding 'Amen' Without Hearing the Blessing

Text of the Shemoneh Esreh

Shortening the Morning Prayer

Priestly Blessing during Amidah

Falling on the Face Before Completing the Amidah

Other situations

Dipping Biscuit in Coffee

Atonement for Speaking Mundane Words in the Beit Midrash

Holiness of the synagogue

Sleeping for a Yeshiva Student in the Beit Midrash