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# Women are obligated in mezuzah. <ref> The Gemara Kiddushin 34a says that since women can also use the reward of long life, written next to the parsha of mezuzah, the mitzvah of mezuzah also applies to them. This is codified by the Rambam Hilchot Mezuzah 5:10, Shulchan Aruch YD 291:3, and [[Schach]] 291:4. </ref> | # Women are obligated in mezuzah. <ref> The Gemara Kiddushin 34a says that since women can also use the reward of long life, written next to the parsha of mezuzah, the mitzvah of mezuzah also applies to them. This is codified by the Rambam Hilchot Mezuzah 5:10, Shulchan Aruch YD 291:3, and [[Schach]] 291:4. </ref> | ||
# There is a discussion among the poskim if women can ideally place the [[mezuzot]]. Many poskim write that it is even ideal for women to put up the [[mezuzot]]. <ref> [[Shevet Halevi]] 2:158:3, Kinyan Torah 2:58 and Chovat Hadar 9:3 write that women can put them up even ideally. Rav Hershel Schachter (Be'ikvei | # There is a discussion among the poskim if women can ideally place the [[mezuzot]]. Many poskim write that it is even ideal for women to put up the [[mezuzot]]. <ref> [[Shevet Halevi]] 2:158:3, Kinyan Torah 2:58 and Chovat Hadar 9:3 write that women can put them up even ideally. Rav Hershel Schachter (Be'ikvei HaTzon p. 9) writes that the halacha follows the opinion that says women may put up [[mezuzot]]. Beer Moshe 2:100 and 6:79:5 as well as Teshuvot Vihanhagot 4:238:6 write that it is ideal for a man to put up the [[mezuzot]], however, if a women did put them up, it need not be removed. </ref> | ||
==Links== | |||
* [http://www.aish.com/jl/m/48948731.html Mezuzah] on aish.com | |||
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