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There is a positive commandment to set up a mezuzah on every doorpost. <ref> Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot Positive Commandment 15, Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 423, Kitzur S"A 11:1 from Devarim 6:9 and 11:20. Shulchan Aruch YD 285:1, Chayei Adam 5:13, Aruch Hashulchan 285:2 say that one should be very meticulous with this mitzva. Tur YD 285 writes based on the pasuk that follows in Parashat Ekev, 11:21, that one who is meticulous in this mitzva merits long life. Bach YD 285 and Aruch Hashulchan YD 285:3 write that a house with a mezuzah has extra protection. </ref> The details as to which doorways, how the mezuzah should be placed, and the bracha are described below. | There is a positive commandment to set up a mezuzah on every doorpost. <ref> Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot Positive Commandment 15, Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 423, Kitzur S"A 11:1 from Devarim 6:9 and 11:20. Shulchan Aruch YD 285:1, Chayei Adam 5:13, Aruch Hashulchan 285:2 say that one should be very meticulous with this mitzva. Tur YD 285 writes based on the pasuk that follows in Parashat Ekev, 11:21, that one who is meticulous in this mitzva merits long life. Bach YD 285 and Aruch Hashulchan YD 285:3 write that a house with a mezuzah has extra protection. </ref> The details as to which doorways, how the mezuzah should be placed, and the bracha are described below. | ||
==Which doorposts require a mezuzah== | ==Which doorposts require a mezuzah== | ||
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# Every doorway 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 doorway 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> | ||
# The doorway to a courtyard or city is obligated in having a mezuzah on the right side as one enters. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:2-3</ref> | # The doorway to a courtyard or city is obligated in having a mezuzah on the right side as one enters. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:2-3</ref> | ||
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## A mezuzah should not be put up by the doorway to a bathroom.<ref> S"A YD 296:4, Aruch HaShulchan YD 286:5, Yalkut Yosef 285:43</ref> | ## A mezuzah should not be put up by the doorway to a bathroom.<ref> S"A YD 296:4, Aruch HaShulchan YD 286:5, Yalkut Yosef 285:43</ref> | ||
## A linen closet or electricity closet, that a person doesn't enter and only uses by takes things out of it isn't obligated in a mezuzah. However, if it is a large closet that is 4 by 4 [[amot]] and a person enters is obligated in a mezuzah without a bracha.<Ref>Pitchei [[Mezuzot]] 19:10-1 (p. 257), Minchat Yitzchak 4:92 </ref> | ## A linen closet or electricity closet, that a person doesn't enter and only uses by takes things out of it isn't obligated in a mezuzah. However, if it is a large closet that is 4 by 4 [[amot]] and a person enters is obligated in a mezuzah without a bracha.<Ref>Pitchei [[Mezuzot]] 19:10-1 (p. 257), Minchat Yitzchak 4:92 </ref> | ||
# A roofed porch that has 4 amot by 4 amot of space leading up to a house is obligated in a mezuzah with a bracha. (If the area it surrounds is 16 square amah, one should put up a mezuzah without a bracha.)<ref>HaMezuzah VeHilchoteha 3:10</ref> | # A roofed porch that has 4 amot by 4 amot of space leading up to a house is obligated in a mezuzah with a bracha. (If the area it surrounds is 16 square amah, one should put up a mezuzah without a bracha.)<ref>HaMezuzah VeHilchoteha 3:10</ref> | ||
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