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Can Jews fulfill the chiyuv of saying 100 berachot a day by answering amen to another Jew’s beracha, or must they recite it themselves

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Dear Rabbis, as an anthropology student at the South Asian Institute (Heidelberg University) I am currently doing research on spirit possession and exorcism among Jewish communities. My question relates to the seemingly practiced exorcism of dybbuks on the one hand and what the Torah says about interacting with the dead (Leviticus 20:6 and 20:27) on the other hand. How do the two approaches co-exist? I understand that posing a question via this platform is unusual, however it is very important for my research to understand the point of view of the culture I am describing.   Thank you very much in advance for your time!   Kind regards, Seraphim

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Dear Rabbi, I saw that you (or another rabbi) wrote that one can only obtain simcha on the holiday from wine and not from grape juice. So how about if a person does not like wine and does not enjoy drinking it. But he does enjoy drinking non-alcoholic grape juice and is really happy when doing so?

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The shul I attend has some members who are not fully observant who drive there. One of them is an elderly gentleman who walks with a cane. This past Shabbos, he dropped some of his change on the floor (which is muktzeh). He was determined to retrieve it all himself. But I thought it would be a hazard for him to bend down and pick it all up, and I did it for him. Did I do the right thing? No one else seemed to notice.

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Since sex on Yom Kippur is biblically prohibited, are babies born from sex on it Mamzerut? Is there any Responsa regarding this