mezuza
- a variation of mezuzah.
Example Sentences
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He affixed a mezuza — a small parchment that reminds Jews of God’s presence and commandments — at the entrance to the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
On Friday, they drilled through a tiny room with a mezuza on the door, a reminder of the large number of Jewish families who lived there.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
“They took theirs down,” he says, pointing to a neighbor’s doorway, where all that remains of a former mezuza is its footprint, stamped in the pea green color of the building’s previous interior.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2010
Although she was brought up Presbyterian and considers herself nonreligious, she kept her mezuza in place.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2010
“A lot of the new ones are plastic,” she added, looking askance at a white mezuza jutting from her Jewish neighbor’s doorway.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2010
