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Chewing Gum Before Shacharit

Prayer in a Minyan before Sunrise or Individually After

End Time for Prayer According to Minyan Prayer

Eating for Women Before Prayer

Hinting in the Middle of the Amidah

Holding an Object During the Amidah

Moving During the Amidah

Hearing the Torah Reading During the Amidah

Wayfarer\\\'s prayer

Traveler's Prayer for a Short Journey

Repetition of the Amidah

Performing Oseh Shalom during the Chazarat HaShatz

Washing Hands When Not Eating an Olive's Volume

Exemption from Tachanun due to Bar Mitzvah

Responding to Kaddish and Kedusha during "V'hu Rachum"

Reading of the Torah

Responding to "Gadlu" during "Brich Shmei"

Raising and scrolling of Torah scroll

Lifting and Rolling for Two Brothers