Like a friendly elder chasid at one's elbow, this translation of Sefer Haminhagim is a welcome guide to the customs of Chabad with regard to the practice of mit

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Parallel to the Halakhic laws, the minhagim (customs) are dependent on local practices and the regional schools of sages and rabbis. The minhagim played a decis

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