mezuza
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a variation of
mezuzah.
mezuzahnouna parchment scroll inscribed on one side with the Biblical passages Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 and on the other side with the word Shaddai (a name applied to God), inserted in a small case or tube so that Shaddai is visible through an aperture in front, and attached by some Jews to the doorjambs of the home.
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
But for good measure, they also attached a small, plastic-cased mezuza to the door post leading to the vault.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
We know it’s not Luciano’s wife, because this woman is Jewish, with a mezuza on the door frame.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2014
Jewish law commands that every room to be inhabited have a mezuza on the door, but many Jews in America today only put them on the front doors.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2010
If not, they must take the mezuza with them, to guard against the possibility that a non-Jew might desecrate it, knowingly or not.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2010