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63If you go to the home of a Jewish family you may notice a small case fastened on the doorpost. This is called a mezuzah. Inside the mezuzah there will be some parchment containing verses from the Torah.
You may think this is a good luck charm or have something to do with the lamb’s blood placed on doorposts in Egypt, but it is actually a reminder of God’s presence from Deuteronomy 6:4-9:
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
The mezuzah (the word actually means doorpost in Hebrew) is tied onto the doorpost so you can be reminded of God and God’s laws (mitzvot) when you go out and when you come in.
Inside the mezuzah is a parchment, which can contain verses from the Torah or may contain the Shema (which is one of the basic Jewish prayers). The Shema is a prayer that says Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. There are more verses too, but that is the most well known one
Many Jews just have a mezuzah on the doorway to the house, but some will have one on every doorway so that when they move from room to room within the house they can be reminded of God’s Laws.
The case and scroll are nailed at an angle on the right side of the doorpost as you enter the building or room, this is done with a dedication ceremony called Chanukkat Ha-Bayit. It is placed at an angle because the rabbis couldn’t decide if it should be horizontal or vertical so they compromised.
Every time you go through a doorway with a mezuzah on it, you should touch the mezuzah and then kiss your fingers thus expressing a love for God and reminding yourself of the mitzvot contained in the mezuzah.
If you move you should take your mezuzah with you in case the person living in the house after you doesn’t respect it properly.
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