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==Which doorposts require a mezuzah== | ==Which doorposts require a mezuzah== | ||
# Every door of one's house is obligated in mezuzah. Even if a room has several doorways, each one is obligated in having a mezuzah, unless a room has one doorway that is used for entering and exiting and one entrances that isn't used for entering or exiting except that it is used sometimes to put packages down there, then the entrance not used for entering or exiting isn't obligated in having a mezuzah. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:1</ref> | # Every door of one's house is obligated in mezuzah. Even if a room has several doorways, each one is obligated in having a mezuzah, unless a room has one doorway that is used for entering and exiting and one entrances that isn't used for entering or exiting except that it is used sometimes to put packages down there, then the entrance not used for entering or exiting isn't obligated in having a mezuzah. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:1</ref> | ||
# A doorway is certainly obligated in a mezuzah if it has two doorposts that are 10 [[Tefachim]] tall and a lintel on top. <ref>S"A YD 287:1, Kitzur S"A 11:11</ref> If a doorway only has one doorpost, such as if the lintel is connected to a wall, then if the standing doorpost is on the right, one should put up a mezuzah without a bracha or recite a bracha when putting up a mezuzah in a doorway that is obligated and then put up this mezuzah. If the standing doorpost is on the left, that doorway isn't obligated in a mezuzah.<ref>Kitzur S"A 11:11, HaMezuzah VeHilchoteha 10:4</ref> | # A doorway is certainly obligated in a mezuzah if it has two doorposts that are 10 [[Tefachim]] tall and a lintel on top. <ref>S"A YD 287:1, Kitzur S"A 11:11</ref> | ||
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# If a doorway only has one doorpost, such as if the lintel is connected to a wall, then if the standing doorpost is on the right, one should put up a mezuzah without a bracha or recite a bracha when putting up a mezuzah in a doorway that is obligated and then put up this mezuzah. If the standing doorpost is on the left, that doorway isn't obligated in a mezuzah.<ref>Kitzur S"A 11:11, HaMezuzah VeHilchoteha 10:4</ref> | |||
# The doorway to a courtyard or city is obligated in having a mezuzah. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:2</ref> | # The doorway to a courtyard or city is obligated in having a mezuzah. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:2</ref> | ||
# The doorpost of a cellar that is [[lying]] flat on the ground is not obligated in having a mezuzah. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:20</ref> | # The doorpost of a cellar that is [[lying]] flat on the ground is not obligated in having a mezuzah. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:20</ref> | ||
