Expressions (A–Z)
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A guest does not bring another guest
It is not customary for a guest to bring an additional guest on their own initia...
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C
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Ceremonial Etiquette
Ceremonial acts performed according to fixed rules established in advance during...
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Custom / Manner / Local manners
A local custom or accepted manner; the common or proper way of conduct according...
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Good manners/ respecfulness/ occupation
Good manners and conduct. The ways of life and customs prevailing in the world....
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One does not converse during the meal
See: "One does not talk during the meal."
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One does not question the preacher
A rule of etiquette meaning that one should not interrupt a person delivering a...
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One does not refuse a greater person; one refuses a lesser, but not a greater
Etiquette dictates that one should not refuse the request of a person of higher...
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One does not speak a person's praise in his presence
See: "One mentions part of a person's praise in his presence and all of it not i...
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One does not speak ill of the dead
See: "After the death — speak of the holy".
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Pardon me / May he forgive me / With your kind permission
Forgive me, sir. Excuse me with your honor (before a rabbi it is customary to sa...
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