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Walking and sitting in front of and behing a praying person

Passing in front of someone who has done 'Oseh Shalom' and has not returned to their place

Stepping during the recitation of 'Oseh Shalom' in Kaddish

Blessing on a Biscuit Dipped in Tea

Words of Torah without a Kippah during a Haircut

Blessing on Fried Bread

Blessing on a Cake with Ice Cream on Top

Eating Before Tashlumin Prayer

Donning tefillin

Kaddish between putting on the hand tefillin and the head tefillin

Donning tefillin

Speaking while putting on Rabbeinu Tam's Tefillin

Funeral and Burial

Tearing for a Child Whose Brother Passed Away Under Twelve Months Old

Obligation of Tearing at the Western Wall

The Form of Tearing at the Western Wall

Tearing Garments Today for the Ruined Cities of Judah and Jerusalem

Calculation of Thirty Days for Tearing at the Western Wall

Tearing at the Western Wall when there within thirty days and did not tear