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Havdalah blessings — are they considered a blessing adjacent to another?

Yichud — a Groom, a Bride, and Siblings

Various laws of muktzeh

Alarm Clock — Muktzeh

Shma in an unclean place

A Clean Body During Prayer

Separation in the Case of a Non-Fixed Veset

A Blouse Permitted to Wear

Melaveh Malkah — Mezonot Foods Immediately After Shabbat Ends

The HaGomel Blessing After Childbirth

Disposing of holy texts and objects

Genizah — Quotations from Verses, Lashon Hara, an Old Refrigerator on Shabbat

Laser hair removal

Removing Hair in a Case of Discomfort

Building on Shabbos

Disassembling and Reassembling a Shower Head on Shabbat

Interest on loans

Interest in an Employee Retention Program

Science and Judaism

Does the Sun revolve around the Earth?

Purification order

Moistening a Bedikah Cloth

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit)

An Aliyah on the Shabbat of a Yahrzeit