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    A mezuzah (Hebrew: מְזוּזָה "doorpost"; plural: מְזוּזוֹת‎ mezuzot) is a piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah, which...
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    involves affixing a mezuzah—a piece of parchment inscribed with specific Torah verses—to the doorposts of a home. While the mezuzah primarily serves as...
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    mezuzah. The familiar Jewish mezuzah is a tiny scroll placed in a small container mounted by the entrance to a house. The ancient Samaritan mezuzah,...
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    solution, many Ashkenazi Jews place the mezuzah on the door in a slanted position. Sephardi Jews mount the mezuzah vertically, per the opinions of Rashi...
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    Sephardic law and customs are the law and customs of Judaism which are practiced by Sephardim or Sephardic Jews (lit. "Jews of Spain"); the descendants...
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  • Jewish customs which could be understood as apotropaic: male circumcision, mezuzah, and tefillin. The connections of the first one with the name Shaddai are...
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    Kollel Cheder Ritual objects Sefer Torah Tallit Tefillin Tzitzit Kippah Mezuzah Menorah Shofar Four species Etrog Lulav Hadass Arava Kittel Gartel Prayers...
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    Kollel Cheder Ritual objects Sefer Torah Tallit Tefillin Tzitzit Kippah Mezuzah Menorah Shofar Four species Etrog Lulav Hadass Arava Kittel Gartel Prayers...
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    to this tradition, the lamps are placed on the opposite side from the mezuzah, so people passing through the door are surrounded by the holiness of mitzvot...
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    Jasmine (November 20, 2021). "Second family becomes first to affix a mezuzah on executive home'". CNN. Retrieved January 18, 2024. "Douglas C. Emhoff"...
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    version of the Caesar cipher is sometimes found on the back of Jewish mezuzah scrolls. When each letter is replaced with the letter before it in the...
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    prohibits a woman's singing to a man (except as per negiah). Doorposts have a mezuzah. Separate sinks for meat and dairy have become increasingly common. Orthodox...
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    Samaritans, from a photo c. 1900 by the Palestine Exploration Fund. Samaritan mezuzah in the city of Nablus, 2013 A modern Samaritan synagogue in the city of...
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    [Henry] Jaffa told me later that Earp's woman was a Jewess. Earp did mezuzah when entering the house." The Albuquerque Evening Review reported that...
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    was sold to the city in 1987. A rectangular indentation that once held a mezuzah can be seen on the doorway of an old building on Carrer de Sant Llorenç...
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    eye Darśana Eyespot (mimicry) Görece, Menderes Hamsa Namkha Nazar battu Mezuzah Skandola Ta'wiz Khan, Abdul Jamil (2006). Urdu/Hindi: An Artificial Divide:...
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  • Phylacteries, if written on k'laf, must be written on the flesh side. A mezuzah, when written on duchsustos, must be written on the hair side. It is unacceptable...
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    Kollel Cheder Ritual objects Sefer Torah Tallit Tefillin Tzitzit Kippah Mezuzah Menorah Shofar Four species Etrog Lulav Hadass Arava Kittel Gartel Prayers...
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  • Kollel Cheder Ritual objects Sefer Torah Tallit Tefillin Tzitzit Kippah Mezuzah Menorah Shofar Four species Etrog Lulav Hadass Arava Kittel Gartel Prayers...
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  • specializing in luxury Judaica. Production specializes Judaica such as kippahs, mezuzah cases, ketubah cases, and bags for a tallit and tefillin set. Also such...
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  • episodes I Feel Bad Kevin 2 episodes The Neighborhood Ray Scars Episode: "The Mezuzah" 2019 The Name of the Rose Pedro Lopez de Luna Recurring Cast 2019–2020...
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    and the Jewish holidays by Jewish women, putting on tefillin, affixing a mezuzah, regular Torah study, giving tzedakah, purchasing Jewish books, observing...
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    Kollel Cheder Ritual objects Sefer Torah Tallit Tefillin Tzitzit Kippah Mezuzah Menorah Shofar Four species Etrog Lulav Hadass Arava Kittel Gartel Prayers...
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    Mezuzah...
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  • Angered by Larry's gifting Maria a bra, Jesús quits without attaching a mezuzah to the door jamb. Larry puts it up quickly to please his father, who is...
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    Kollel Cheder Ritual objects Sefer Torah Tallit Tefillin Tzitzit Kippah Mezuzah Menorah Shofar Four species Etrog Lulav Hadass Arava Kittel Gartel Prayers...
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  • Spock, on Star Trek. The letter Shin is often written on the case of a mezuzah, a scroll of parchment containing select Biblical texts. Sometimes the...
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    Kollel Cheder Ritual objects Sefer Torah Tallit Tefillin Tzitzit Kippah Mezuzah Menorah Shofar Four species Etrog Lulav Hadass Arava Kittel Gartel Prayers...
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  • "seal." Maimonides strongly urges against writing sigils on the back of a mezuzah, turning it into an amulet, in Mishneh Torah, "Laws of Tefilin and Mezuzzah"...
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