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Chukas Akum: Acting in Ways That Are Similar To The Nations of the World (Thanksgiving Celebrations, Caps and Gowns at Graduations, Styles of Dress, Red Strings)

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  Machshava:
  
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  Parsha:
  
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  Machshava:
  
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Minhagim of Yom Kippur
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  Halacha:
  
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  Holidays:
  
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  Halacha:
  
  Avodah Zarah
  
  Machshava:
  
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  Parsha:
  
  Balak
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  Halacha:
  
  Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur
  
  Machshava:
  
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  Health, Medical Ethics, Medicine
  
  Machshava:
  
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  Hosheia, Michah, Yeshayahu, Yoel, Zecharia
  
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  Halacha:
  
  Avodah Zarah
  
  Machshava:
  
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  Parsha:
  
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