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mezuzah. Mezuzah is from Hebrew for “doorpost.” It is a small scroll, inscribed on one side with biblical passages (Deut. 6:4–9 and Deut. 11:13–21) and on the other with the word Shaddoi, a name for God, that is inserted in a small tube and at- tached by some Jews to the doorjamb of the home. An Ortho- dox Jew touches his lips and then the mezuzah on leaving or entering the house or apartment. |