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Donning tefillin

Removing the Cover from the Tefillin

Donning tzitzis

Blessing for Wearing a Different Tallit

Donning tzitzis

Blessing on the Tallit When Wearing It Again

Washing Hands After Sleeping on a Chair

Washing Hands After an Afternoon Nap

Annulment of vows

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Eating Meat in Mourning

Pesukei de-zimrah

Reciting Pesukei Dezimra After the Time of Prayer

Comforting mourners

Comforting Mourners by Phone

End of tractate

Conducting a Siyum on a Tractate Studied Out of Order

Conquering and settling the Land of Israel

Four Cubits in the Land of Israel

Sending away mother bird

Sending Away the Mother Bird with Eggs that Have Been There for a While

Monetary Laws and Charity

Payment for Insured Damage

Amen in kaddish

Responding 'Amen' in the Bathroom

Feast for the Completion of Tractate 'Keilim'