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By Reference in Shulchan Aruch
Subject Date Asked Lang Source Chapter Category
Women's Mincha 2/16/2007 E Orach Chayim 106 Women
Tefillas Haderech 7/19/2005 E Orach Chayim 110 Tefilla
בענין תפלת הדרך 3/1/2003 ע Orach Chayim 110 Tefilla
A Priestly Humm 9/26/2004 E Orach Chayim 128, 130 Tefilla
All Rise 5/14/2004 ע Orach Chayim 146 Judaism
Lord, What of the Rings? 10/19/2004 E Orach Chayim 161 Judaism
Table Manners 5/14/2004 E Orach Chayim 167 Judaism
Women Bentching 4/5/2003 E Orach Chayim 199 Tefilla
Chocolate Wafer Berochoh 4/30/2006 E Orach Chayim 212 Kosher
Wearing Tefillin in the Street 9/19/2004 E Orach Chayim 25 Judaism
Shabbos Crockpot 10/26/2003 E Orach Chayim 253 Shabbos
Crock Pot Follow-Up 11/10/2003 E Orach Chayim 253 Shabbos
Light Right 2/9/2005 E Orach Chayim 263 Shabbos
בענין כיוון המטה בין צפון לדרום 3/11/2005 ע Orach Chayim 3 Family
Shabbos Study 8/17/2007 E Orach Chayim 302 Shabbos
Yom Tov for You - But Not for Me! 10/26/2005 E Orach Chayim 307 Shabbos
Spousal Bosis 11/19/2003 E Orach Chayim 309 Shabbos
Relief on Shabbos 2/24/2006 E Orach Chayim 312:9, 336:3 Shabbos
Turn OFF the Water! 2/23/2006 E Orach Chayim 318 Shabbos
Urning a cup of Tea without Flasking 2/25/2004 E Orach Chayim 318 Shabbos
בענין שחרות הבתים 12/29/2006 ע Orach Chayim 32 Judaism
Don't Be Blue on Shabbos 3/3/2005 E Orach Chayim 320 Shabbos
Preparing to clean 10/12/2005 E Orach Chayim 323 Shabbos
electrical appliances for ill person 1/7/2008 E Orach Chayim 328 Shabbos
בענין תפירות בגוף האדם בשבת 3/1/2003 ע Orach Chayim 328 Shabbos
Washing Baby's Hands 10/26/2003 E Orach Chayim 4 Family
Removal of Tefillin before Mussaf Rosh Chodesh 1/30/2006 E Orach Chayim 423 Tefilla
Sanctify Us - But Not on Rosh Chodesh 10/12/2005 E Orach Chayim 425 Tefilla
דיני חולה בפסח 3/26/2004 ע Orach Chayim 447, 453, 466 Holidays
Selling Chometz 3/11/2003 E Orach Chayim 448 Holidays
Kashering Kitchen Counters 1/7/2007 E Orach Chayim 451 Kosher
TIME TO HEAR (and to say) 2/17/2005 ע Orach Chayim 46 Tefilla
Pre-Selichos Prep 9/19/2004 E Orach Chayim 46 Holidays
Selichos & Shacharis 10/12/2005 E Orach Chayim 46, 565, 581 Tefilla
An American Tourist In Jerusalem 6/1/2006 E Orach Chayim 496 Holidays
This is the Way We Wash Our Clothes… 3/3/2003 E Orach Chayim 534 Holidays
In Search of the Chilazon 10/15/2004 ע Orach Chayim 536 Holidays
Fast Fly 3/1/2005 E Orach Chayim 549 Holidays
Finishing the Fathers with Fleishigs 7/17/2004 E Orach Chayim 551 Holidays
Under the Knife, Between the Straits 7/16/2007 E Orach Chayim 551 Holidays
A Clean Workout 7/6/2007 E Orach Chayim 551 Holidays
Tending While Rending 7/2/2004 E Orach Chayim 554 Holidays
Wine, Women & Song (1) 7/1/2004 E Orach Chayim 560 Judaism
Wine, Women & Song (2) 10/20/2004 E Orach Chayim 560 Judaism
Har HaBayis Today 11/6/2003 E Orach Chayim 561 Judaism
Kosel Keriah 3/8/2005 E Orach Chayim 561 Judaism
בענין מי שמתפלל בצבור שמגיעים לק''ש אחרי זמן המג''א ולפני זמן הגר''א 12/13/2007 ע Orach Chayim 58 Tefilla
The Mixed-up Machson & the Sukkah Walls 10/12/2005 E Orach Chayim 637 Holidays
Light Like a Gaon 12/17/2003 E Orach Chayim 671 Holidays
A Purim in Two Cities 3/17/2008 E Orach Chayim 688 Holidays
Canine Kiddush 1/7/2008 E Orach Chayim 76 Shabbos
Berochoh on Tzitzis 1/7/2008 E Orach Chayim 8 Judaism
The Early Bird Catches the…Bus 6/22/2004 E Orach Chayim 89 Tefilla
Women Eating on Shabbos Morning 2/15/2007 E Orach Chayim 89:44 Shabbos
An Ashkenazi in a Sefardi Land 12/2/2004 E Orach Chayim 90 Tefilla
Shevi'is Wine 3/11/2003 E Yoreh De'ah Shemittoh
Burned Bug on a Blech 9/20/2003 E Yoreh De'ah 104 Kosher
Fleishig, Milchig, Plastic 10/26/2003 E Yoreh De'ah 105 Kosher
Pump Up The Flavor 8/27/2004 E Yoreh De'ah 108 Kosher
Dipping a Shaker 8/12/2004 E Yoreh De'ah 120 Judaism
Tevillas Torx 11/26/2007 E Yoreh De'ah 120 Kosher
It's Only a Paper Moon 1/9/2006 E Yoreh De'ah 141 Judaism
iDolls 3/1/2005 E Yoreh De'ah 141 Judaism
Praying in a non-denominational room 3/11/2003 E Yoreh De'ah 149 Tefilla
Bonding with the State 3/1/2005 E Yoreh De'ah 160 Finances
An Interest in Late Fees 12/19/2005 E Yoreh De'ah 177 Finances
Passing a Cup of Wine to One's Wife 10/12/2007 E Yoreh De'ah 195 Women
Checking Out the Kashrus of a Restaurant 4/29/2006 E Yoreh De'ah 2 Kosher
Honoring Parents - From A Distance 11/12/2003 E Yoreh De'ah 240 Family
בענין מעשר כספים לבנין ביהכ''נ ודמי חברות 11/13/2003 ע Yoreh De'ah 249 Finances
Maaser & KSY 11/13/2003 E Yoreh De'ah 249 Finances
Tithing with the Bulls and the Bears 3/4/2004 E Yoreh De'ah 249 Finances
Building Funds and Maaser 3/11/2003 E Yoreh De'ah 249 Finances
Buy Low, Tithe High 1/3/2006 E Yoreh De'ah 249 Finances
Hidden Tzedokoh 12/12/2005 E Yoreh De'ah 251, 253 Finances
בענין סעודת ברית מילה חלבית 12/9/2003 ע Yoreh De'ah 265 Judaism
A Personal Shaymos Plot 3/30/2006 E Yoreh De'ah 276 Judaism
Upon the Doorposts of your...Nursery? 3/3/2005 E Yoreh De'ah 286 Judaism
Removing Mezuzos 1/7/2008 E Yoreh De'ah 291 Judaism
A Bird in the Hand 12/17/2004 E Yoreh De'ah 292 Judaism

בענין פדיון הבן בלילה

 10/19/2004 ע Yoreh De'ah 305 Judaism
Separate Enough 3/5/2006 E Yoreh De'ah 324 Kosher
Establishing the Minhag of Maaser Kesafim 6/16/2006 E Yoreh De'ah 331 Finances
Forcing Medical Treatment: A Halachic Imperative? 10/18/2004 E Yoreh De'ah 339 Family
Sheloshim on Shabbos 1/29/2006 E Yoreh De'ah 402 Shabbos
Frozen Beef Liver 3/23/2006 E Yoreh De'ah 69 Kosher
Elisha ben Avuya 1 11/23/2005 E Yoreh De'ah 81, 240 Judaism
Buggy Cherries 2/23/2007 E Yoreh De'ah 84 Kosher
Wash, Rinse, Milk, Meat 3/9/2007 E Yoreh De'ah 87 Kosher
Kitchen Kashrus Questions 12/3/2003 E Yoreh De'ah 91 Kosher
Dairy in Fleishig Oven 8/21/2003 E Yoreh De'ah 92 Kosher
Kosher Microwaves 4/6/2006 E Yoreh De'ah 92 Kosher
Fleishig, Milchig, Plastic Follow-Up 10/28/2003 E Yoreh De'ah 95 Kosher
Dice an Onion - Destroy your Kitchen 1/16/2004 E Yoreh De'ah 96 Kosher
What's in a name - Frayda 2/4/2004 E Even Ha-Ezer 129 Judaism
What's in a name - Leeba 2/4/2004 E Even Ha-Ezer 129 Judaism
עקיבה או עקיבא 10/16/2004 ע Even Ha-Ezer 129 Judaism
Behind Locked Doors 9/3/2004 E Even Ha-Ezer 22 Women
Ordering the Wedding 8/17/2007 E Even Ha-Ezer 49 Family
Aaron and the Chalutzoh 7/31/2006 E Even Ha-Ezer 7 Women
Is Touring Eretz Yisrael a Mitzva? 6/6/2005 E Even Ha-Ezer 76 Eretz Yisroel
דינא דבר מצרא בשכירות 1/3/2008 ע Choshen Mishpat Finances
בענין חזרה מנדבת צדקה כשלא הגיע ליד הגזבר

 6/18/2004 ע Choshen Mishpat 125, 212, 255 Finances
ערבות על חוזה שכירות דירה 1/3/2008 ע Choshen Mishpat 129 Finances
The Case of the Mixed Up Tallis, Umbrella and Towel 1/29/2006 E Choshen Mishpat 136 Finances
Nosey Neighbors 2/24/2006 E Choshen Mishpat 154:3, 154:7 Family
Sharing a Joint Hose 6/30/2005 E Choshen Mishpat 176 Finances
שליח לקנות שקבל מתנה 4/7/2005 ע Choshen Mishpat 183 Finances
Permited Damages 11/11/2003 E Choshen Mishpat 185 Finances
The Industrial Leather Couch 5/29/2006 E Choshen Mishpat 228 Finances
Snatching a Deal -- Legally! 7/9/2004 E Choshen Mishpat 237 Finances
Secular Court and Arbitration 12/19/2005 E Choshen Mishpat 26 Finances
Found Books 11/23/2007 E Choshen Mishpat 260 Finances
Serving a Secret Subpoena 3/23/2007 E Choshen Mishpat 28 Finances
Finders Keepers 1/6/2005 E Choshen Mishpat 295 Finances
בענין לדון דיין יחיד כשקבלוהו עלייהו 11/3/2003 ע Choshen Mishpat 3 Judaism
"Free" Physical Exams 12/28/2007 E Choshen Mishpat 348 Finances
The Long & Short of Beards 2/24/2006 E Choshen Mishpat 35:1 Judaism
The Left Ladder 9/2/2003 E Choshen Mishpat 397 Finances
Cats (hopefully with a plot) 10/22/2004 E Choshen Mishpat 397 Finances
This is Menachem - I mean Mark 1/7/2005 E Choshen Mishpat 75 Judaism
Who's WE, White Man? 11/12/2004 E Chumash-Bereishis 19 Parshoh
Of Avroham, Eliezer & Shidduchim 11/7/2004 E Chumash-Bereishis 24 Parshoh
When Worrying is Warranted 12/15/2006 E Chumash-Bereishis 32 Parshoh
Why the Date Must Die 12/3/2007 E Chumash-Bereishis Vayeishev Parshoh
חטא העגל 3/17/2006 ע Chumash-Shemos 32 Parshoh
Entering Non-Orthodox Religious Buildings 7/31/2003 E Chumash-Vayikra 19 Judaism
Adding to the Torah 7/31/2003 E Chumash-Devarim 4 Judaism
Elisha ben Avuya 2 11/24/2005 E Chagigoh 15a Aggodoh-Hashkofoh
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