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Mezuzah
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi mezuzah. The case is tilted and features the Hebrew letter (Shin). thumb|upright|A Sephardi Jews|Sephardic mezuzah. The mezuzah case is vertical and features the Hebrew letter (Shin).
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mezuzah is referenced by 405 other articles, and connects out to Talmud, Moshe ben Maimon and Ashkenazi Jews.
It sits within the topics Hebrew calligraphy, Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law and Hebrew words and phrases in the Hebrew Bible.
Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Mezuzah at the entrance toPOLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which is inside a red decorative case
- Halacha.verse
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- Halacha.talmud
- Shabbat 32a, Yoma 11a, Menachot 33a,
- Halacha.mishnah
- Menachot 3:7
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- Tefillin, Mezuzah, veSefer Torah ch. 5–6
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- Yoreh De'ah 285–291
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Jewish ceremonial art
- Depicts
- Shema Yisrael
- Material used
- parchment
- Image
- Mezuzah IMG 2124.JPG
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- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- Commons category
- Mezuzot
- facet of
- Judaism
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Purpose
- Design
- Additional inscriptions
- Mezuzah cases
- Practices
- Affixing the mezuzah
- Position and integrity
- Angle
- Time
- Blessing
- Touching the mezuzah
- Checking the parchment
- Karaite and Samaritan mezuzah
- Legal battles in the U.S.
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|upright|Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi mezuzah. The case is tilted and features the Hebrew letter (Shin). thumb|upright|A Sephardi Jews|Sephardic mezuzah. The mezuzah case is vertical and features the Hebrew letter (Shin).
A mezuzah ( 'doorpost'; plural: mezuzot) is a piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah, which Jews affix in a small case to the doorposts of their homes. These verses are the Biblical passages in which the use of a mezuzah is commanded ( and ); they also form part of the Shema prayer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mezuzah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.