The mezuzah is a prayer to protect the home that jewish people place on door frame.
Jewish thing on door frame.
So my brother and sister n law recently bought a home from a jewish family.
This is true for shabbat kashrut taharat hamishpachah.
Jewish law states that mezuzahs must be placed on every door in a home or business owned by a jew.
The mezuzah should be affixed to the lower part of the upper third of the doorway at a 45 degree angle tilted towards the inside of the room.
It s not very big about an inch by 3 inches.
My eyes teared as i knew then that this was our house now a jewish home.
To a great extent a jewish way of life is a portable faith.
מ זו זו ת mezuzot is a piece of parchment called a klaf contained in a decorative case and inscribed with specific hebrew verses from the torah deuteronomy 6 4 9 and 11 13 21 these verses consist of the jewish prayer shema yisrael beginning with the phrase.
The prayer is usually hand written and is on the.
It s really cool looking and i want to know more about it but i don t know what it s called.
When entering your home from the street it will be on the right post.
At the front door on the door is this metal plate thing inscribed with what i think is hebrew screwed in the frame.
For doors inside your home it will be on the right when you enter into the room the same way the door opens.
Place the mezuzah on the upper one third of the doorpost.
Hear o israel the lord is our god the lord is one.
Place the mezuzah on the right side of the doorpost as you enter the main room e g on the right side of the door as you enter your home on the right side of the door as you enter a bedroom etc.
My wife selected of course beautiful and appropriate casings for each door.
The outer casing is simply a decoration to protect the prayer.
The mezuzah parchment should be placed on the right side of the door when entering the room.
A jewish household is created by the people who live in it by the way they act the things they do and don t do the beliefs they hold.
The mezuzah will always be on the right side of the door s entrance.
Ashkenazim place the mezuzah at a slant toward the main room.
The very first thing we did before unpacking a single carton was put up a mezuzah on our front door.