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What You Need to Know About Buying Clothing
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What If You Are Alcohol-Free for Kiddush, Havdalah, and the Four Cups of Wine?
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While wine is ideal, grape juice is a valid substitute.
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What You Need to Know About Immersing Vessals in a Keilim Mikvah
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Learn which utensils need immersion, how to do it, and alternatives when it's not possible.
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What You Need to Know About Enjoying Wine, the Jewish Way
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Wine has its own unique set of blessings and customs, as well as rules about who may handle it and with whom we drink.
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What You Need to Know if You Said the Wrong Blessing
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How to avoid the prohibition of taking G-d's name in vain.
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What You Need to Know About Haircuts in Halacha
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At first glance, a haircut seems like an ordinary task, but the Torah turns even a barber visit into a chance for mitzvahs!
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What You Need to Know About Kosher at Work
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With a bit of planning and some cooperation, you should be able to make things work.
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What You Need to Know About the Laws of “Yichud”
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A comprehensive guide to the intricate laws governing the seclusion of unmarried men and women.
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What You Need to Know About Hiring Babysitters
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Learn how to avoid potential
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What You Need to Know About Baking
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Who must wear one, when and where must it be worn, and what can it be made from?
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Did you know that your hands must be completely clean before
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What You Need to Know About Animal Cruelty
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Every creature has inherent value and purpose, and we are forbidden to destroy or waste resources without reason.
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What You Need to Know About Going to Bed Like a Jew
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If we go to sleep with purpose, we’re more likely to wake with clarity, energy, and readiness to serve our Creator.
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What You Need to Know About Maaser (Tithes)
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What You Need to Know About Non-Jewish Household Help
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How much one must eat, where Birkat Hamazon must be recited, and what to do if one is unsure whether it was recited.
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Throughout the day, there are many situations that require different methods of ritual handwashing.
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What a Kohen Needs to Know About Ritual Impurity
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Practically, a Kohen must be careful not to become ritually impure through exposure to a dead body.
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What You Need to Know About Blessings Before Eating
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Making a blessing before eating is how we acknowledge the creator who provides us with the food; now that you know the why, read of the what and how
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