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At this time of year, Shabbat starts very late. We want to eat early to have the kids in bed early. But we still want to enjoy non-Shabbat activities up until the published candle lighting time. Does reciting Kiddush usher in the Shabbat for the reciter, thereby rendering non-Shabbat activities forbidden?

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Eloheinu Veilohei Avoteinu is the last paragraph of the Amidah 4th Bracha (Holiness of Shabbat.) Why is this paragraph repeated again after Magen Avot on Friday Evening Maariv service?

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Are you allowed to cook fish on top of a grill that had meat on it?    

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If Yom Tov leads into Shabbat, the following prayers are not said during Kabbalat Shabbat: Psalms 95-99, 29, L'Cha Dodi. Is that correct? Does one recite Yedid Nefesh? Does one recite psalms 92 and 93?

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Shalom aleichem Rabbi Lauffer. Thank you for answering my last question. If one has a “smart” thermostat, specifically a “Nest,” where if you walk into the room on Shabbos it causes the motion sensor on the Nest to light up the display so that it displays the temperature, and the thermostat is also designed to take into account whenever someone enters the room so as to better set the schedule of when the heat goes on automatically, would it be prohibited to enter the room on Shabbos? Thanks.

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Did all Jewish people have to come to the Temple and sacrifice 2 spotless lambs every Shabbat? Or did just the Levitical priests attending the Temple make those sacrifices every Shabbat?

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Shalom I have a son named Adrian and someone told me that Hadrian was a Roman emperor who was suppressed the Jewish people in the past. Adrian does not a literal bad meaning, and it means sea and Adriatic. In addition, my son also have a Jewish name, Jacob. My question is, should we change his name? Name changing has caused troubles and may have effects on his spirits. Regards