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Lighting in the Synagogue During Study

Lighting the Hanukkah Candle in the Morning

Time for Lighting Hanukkah Candles in the Synagogue

Lighting in the Synagogue with a Minyan

Honor for the Yeshiva from Tithe Money

Haircut for Mourners

Comforting Mourners During the Sheva Brachot

Removing Excess Food from the House of Mourning

Laws for Mourners When the Coffin is Flown to Israel

Taking Food Out of the House of Mourners

Eating Skin Mixed in Food

Grace after meal (birkas hamazon)

Sheva Brachot when the new faces have left

Cemetery Visits

Eating before visiting the grave at the end of Shiva

Holiness of tefillin

Plastic Covering the Tefillin Case When Worn Out

Behavior while wearing tefillin

Hand Washing When Touching Above the Elbow While Putting on Tefillin