Front Door Mezuzah Placement

מ זו זו ת mezuzot is a piece of parchment called a klaf contained in a decorative case and inscribed with specific hebrew verses from the torah deuteronomy 6 4 9 and 11 13 21 these verses consist of the jewish prayer shema yisrael beginning with the phrase.

Front door mezuzah placement.

As long as a door can be used as an entrance and exit a mezuzah should be affixed to the doorpost. Hear o israel the lord is our god the lord is one. Any room that has two doorposts and an overhead lintel requires a mezuzah so one should check with a rabbi. For an entryway without a door consider the hierarchy of a room in daily life.

A mezuzah should be fixed to the doorpost of ever living space in the house not just the entrance door. There are cases when it is physically impossible to affix the mezuzah on the inside of the doorpost itself for example a swinging door interferes with the placement of the mezuzah. It should go about 2 3 of the way up the doorpost and be affixed diagonally with the top of the mezuzah slanting in towards the house or the entrance of. The mezuzah will always be on the right side of the door s entrance.

It should be affixed to the inside upper third of the right side of the door frame also known as the doorpost. When entering your home from the street it will be on the right post. Bathrooms closets laundry room boiler room and so forth however do not require a mezuzah. In such a case the preferred approach would be to make a groove that is less than a handbreadth deep and place the mezuzah in the groove.