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Siman 296 — Havdalah on wine (Motzei Shabbos)

The Alter Rebbe's shitah on the 19 se'ifim codifying havdalah on wine at the end of Shabbos — 4 brachos (borei pri ha-gefen, besamim, me'orei ha-esh, ha-mavdil), the structure of the seder, the

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Daat HaRav — Shitah of the Alter Rebbe

The Shulchan Aruch HaRav of the Alter Rebbe on this siman: 19 se'ifim and 3 KA.

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