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Returing lost objects

Finding a Can Opener

Funeral and Burial

Death on Friday and Burial on Sunday

Circumcision of a Convert on Thursday

Paying for work performed on Shabbos

Money for Prayer on Shabbat

Giving birth and breastfeeding on saturday

Calling a Doula on Shabbat

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Listening to Music While One's Father is Sitting Shiva

Cancelling transactions

Oath for Returning a Product

The Blessing of Gomel for Salvation from Robbery

Kosher meat and poultry

Use of Coals on which Prohibited Foods were Roasted

Kitchen surfaces

Cutting an Onion on a Non-Kosher Marble Surface

Honouring parents

Rising in the Presence of One's Father

The honor of prayer

Prayer in a Swimsuit

Bleeding from Miscarriage Regarding Menstrual Cycles

Taking medicines on Shabbos

Medication on Sabbath for Toothaches

Curling the Peyot by a Woman