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Shloshim (30 Days of Mourning)

Bathing during the thirty days for a girl of marriageable age

Shloshim (30 Days of Mourning)

Bathing during the thirty days for one who experiences consecutive mourning

Obligation of Reciting Kaddish for Parents

Kaddish for a Completely Righteous Parent

Kaddish for a Child Under Bar Mitzvah Age

Kaddish for a Child Under 20

Kaddish by a Daughter in the Presence of Relatives When There Are No Sons

Kaddish by the Grandson When Parents Are Alive

Amen in shemoneh esreh

Responding to Kedusha during Kaddish

Responding to Kaddish in the Middle of Kedusha

Amen in shemoneh esreh

Responding Amen to a Chazan Who Recites Kaddish Quietly

Fire extinguishing

Two Partners in a Store and One of Them Passed Away

Fire extinguishing

Contract Work During Employer's Shiva

Fire extinguishing

Teaching a Child for Pay While His Father Sits Shiva

Fire extinguishing

Construction Work by Workers When the Contractor is Sitting Shiva