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BLESSINGS & PRAYERS
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Halachot
- What Is Halacha
- Agriculture
- ATTIRE
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- DEATH AND MOURNING
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- PRAYERS
- SHABBAT
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- WEDDINGS and MARRIAGE
- WOMEN (and GIRLS)
- MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
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Standing for the Elderly
You do not need to stand up for old people (as a form of honoring them) unless the old person is over 70 years old and is shomer mitzvot. This applies to women, too, if they are 70 years old or more and are shomrot Shabbat.
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