Tefillin Bring Down Airplane
This is a very interesting news story about a young man who decided to put on his Tefillin to do his morning prayers on an airplane. Apparently the passengers and...
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The Mezuzah Scroll
The Scroll - The Heart and Soul of the Mezuzah A Mezuzah is made up of two parts, the box or case and the scroll. Most people think of the...
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How to dispose of a Mezuzah case
You probably already know that a Mezuzah scroll is holy and cannot just be discarded in the trash when it becomes unfit. What is less known is that the Mezuzah case also...
Mezuzah on an Archway
People frequently ask, "How high up do I put the Mezuzah on an arch?" This is a bit of a complicated question. First let's make sure we understand the question....
Where to put a Mezuzah on an arch
Here's a question I recently got by email: Shalom. There is a wall with an arch that runs from one end of my house across to the other end...
Can Mezuzahs end Israel's water shortage?
Here is an interesting article from Ynet: Can mezuzot thwart water crisis? Government ministers' attempts to come up with ideas to deal with depleting levels of Lake Kinneret prompt...
Mezuzah in Space
Here's an interesting article from Haaretz.com: Who puts up a mezuzah in space? A Jewish astronaut By Ofri Ilani, Haaretz Correspondent If Dr. Garrett Reisman did not exist, then...
This guy sold a passul Mezuzah in NY state.
It seems that NY state has a whole section of business law that protects the consumer from being sold non-kosher Mezuzahs and Tefillin. Here is a link to the...
Replacing Mezuzah After Checking
I recently got this question in the email: If I take down multiple Mezuzot for checking, do I make a Brocha when replacing them. I will not be placing them on the same door...
How to Light the Menorah
Happy Hanukkah to all of our readers! Here is a link to a page about How to Light the Menorah.
Mezuzah on a Horizontal Door?
Here is a question that I got recently in the email: My first floor ceiling now has a horizontal opening say .8 metres by .8 metres with a hatch...
Mezuzahs at the Olympics
You will be happy to hear that the Israeli athletes at the Olympic village will have Mezuzahs on their door. Rabbi Freundlach of Chabad-Beijing affixed them this week. The Rabbi...
Printable Mezuzah Scroll Update
On Sunday I posted about my little project to take over the Google search results for terms like "Printable Mezuzah". My goal was that people who are searching for a...
Free Printable Mezuzah?
Could this too be a product of the tough economy? Lately I have noticed that a lot of people reach our website searching for terms like "free printable mezuzah" or...
Jews have no right to put up Mezuzahs in the USA.
That is what the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week. The ruling came in a case where Lynne Bloch of Chicago, put up a Mezuzah on the...
The Mezuzah and the Marijuana Raid
I don't know how I overlooked this one! This story is from more than a year ago but was too interesting to ignore. When I read the headline of this...
Can you relate?
I recently came across this post at a blog called Kintropy in Action Last week, I finally got around to hanging the Mezuzahs around the house. We've only been living...
You've Heard of Palm Reading...But What About Mezuzah Reading?
Reb Gutman Locks at Mystical Paths writes the following: A friend of mine, Daniel, was learning in a yeshiva in Brooklyn. He was having a problem and thought that maybe...
Mezuzah in Space
You may have heard that Israeli Astronaut, Ilan Ramon took a Mezuzah and other Jewish items with him into space on the the fatal mission of Columbia in 2003. Now...