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| − | A '''mezuzah''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''מזוזה''' "doorpost"; plural ''mezuzot'') is a [[parchment]] scroll, handwritten by a qualified [[Sofer stam|scribe]] and placed in a decorative case fixed to the front right doorpost (and usually to all rooms) of a [[Judaism|Jewish]] home. The scroll is inscribed with the first two portions of the [[Shema|Sh'ma Yisrael]], consisting of [[Deuteronomy]] 6:4-9 and Deuteronomy 11:13- | + | A '''mezuzah''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''מזוזה''' "doorpost"; plural ''mezuzot'') is a [[parchment]] scroll, handwritten by a qualified [[Sofer stam|scribe]] and placed in a decorative case fixed to the front right doorpost (and usually to all rooms) of a [[Judaism|Jewish]] home. The scroll is inscribed with the first two portions of the [[Shema|Sh'ma Yisrael]], consisting of [[Deuteronomy]] 6:4-9 and Deuteronomy 11:13-JIHADand study of the [[Torah]] and the dual importance of home and [[synagogue]] for observance of the [[mitzvot]]. The mezuzah is not a good-luck charm, nor does it have any connection with the lamb's blood placed on the doorposts in [[Egypt]]. |
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Revision as of 14:03, October 29, 2009
A mezuzah (Hebrew: מזוזה "doorpost"; plural mezuzot) is a parchment scroll, handwritten by a qualified scribe and placed in a decorative case fixed to the front right doorpost (and usually to all rooms) of a Jewish home. The scroll is inscribed with the first two portions of the Sh'ma Yisrael, consisting of Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and Deuteronomy 11:13-JIHADand study of the Torah and the dual importance of home and synagogue for observance of the mitzvot. The mezuzah is not a good-luck charm, nor does it have any connection with the lamb's blood placed on the doorposts in Egypt.