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Interruption or mistake

Different Intent in Blessing

Blessing of 'Shehecheyanu' on the Birth of a Son

Chuppah and kiddushin

Witness at the Wedding of the Father-in-law

Permission for Sewing on Rosh Chodesh

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Visiting the Grave on Rosh Chodesh

Honoring Shabbos

The Law of Fasting All Shabbat

Wedding meal and Sheva Berachos

Groom Going Out Without a Guardian

Hairstyle and shaving

Performing a Chalaka

Laws of the Meal

Lifting a Piece of Bread

Public Shabbat Desecration Regarding Kiddush

Other situations

Washing Hands After a Funeral

Afternoon prayer

Reciting Vidui on the Eve of the Wedding on Rosh Chodesh

Tzedakah and Maaser

Charity for the Poor

Changing a Name for a Sick Person

The seventh year (Shemittah)

Mashing a Seventh-Year Banana