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What You Need to Know About Buying Clothing
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, modesty, crossdressing, and the time of year you may purchase clothing.
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What If You Are Alcohol-Free for Kiddush, Havdalah, and the Four Cups of Wine?
By Yehuda Shurpin
While wine is ideal, grape juice is a valid substitute.
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What You Need to Know About Tevilat Keilim (Immersing Utensils)
By Yehuda Shurpin
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
By Yehuda Shurpin
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
By Yehuda Shurpin
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
By Yehuda Shurpin
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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Learn when you must separate challah and how to bake parve bread in a meat or dairy oven.
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What You Need to Know About Wearing a Kippah
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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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What You Need to Know About Visiting the Sick
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More than just showing care. The Talmud says that a visitor can actually take away 1/60th of the illness.
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What You Need to Know About Washing for Bread
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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
By Yehuda Shurpin
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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What You Need to Know About Birkat Hamazon
By Yehuda Shurpin
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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What You Need to Know About Washing Hands (Not for Bread)
By Yehuda Shurpin
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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