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        • Exemption
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      • Keriat Ha-Torah
        • Contact with a Sefer Torah
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        • Kevod Ha-tzibbur
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        • In Society
      • Birkat Ha-mazon and Zimmun
        • Birkat Ha-mazon
        • Zimmun I
        • Zimmun II
      • Dress
        • The Basics
        • The Details
        • More Details
        • Keli Gever
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      • Simchat Yom Tov
      • Af Hen: Inclusion in the Miracle
      • Pesach
        • The Seder I
        • The Seder II
      • Sefirat Ha-omer
      • Shavuot
        • Tikkun Leil Shavuot
      • Fast Days
        • Fast Days
        • Exemption: Minor Fasts
        • Exemption: Major Fasts
        • The 3 Weeks and 9 Days
      • Elul
        • Selichot
        • Shofar in Elul
      • Rosh Ha-shana
        • The Mitzva of Shofar
        • Blowing Shofar
      • Yom Kippur
        • Erev Yom Kippur
        • Fast Days
        • Exemption: Major Fasts
      • Sukkot
        • Lulav
        • Sukka
      • Simchat Torah
        • Contact with a Sefer Torah
        • Dancing with Torah
      • Chanuka
        • Candle-Lighting
        • Other Observances
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        • Arba Parashiyot
        • Mitzvot of Purim
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