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Yashfei 1:207:1, Doleh Umashke (p. 275, footnote 69) quoting Rav Elyashiv and Rav Nissim Karelitz. </ref> | Yashfei 1:207:1, Doleh Umashke (p. 275, footnote 69) quoting Rav Elyashiv and Rav Nissim Karelitz. </ref> | ||
==Proper behavior when passing mezuzah== | ==Rentals== | ||
# If someone is renting a house in Israel he is obligated to put up a mezuzah with a bracha immediately. <ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 285:114</ref> However, if one is renting outside Israel for less than 30 days isn't obligated to put up a mezuzah and if he wishes to be strict to put a mezuzah he should do so without a bracha. If he stays for more than 30 days and he put up a mezuzah previously he should make a bracha upon the mezuzot. Some say that one has to take down the mezuzah and put them up again and some say that one doesn't have to take it down to make a bracha upon it. It is proper to take it down check them and put them back up with a bracha.<ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 285:115</ref> | |||
# If someone is renting a house for more than 30 days, he is obligated to put up a mezuzah immediately. He does not recite a bracha if he puts it up within 30 days.<ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 285:114</ref> | |||
==Proper behavior when passing a mezuzah== | |||
# When one leaves one's house should kiss the mezuzah to remind one of the unity of Hashem, as discussed below. There are different opinions as to how exactly one should behave when passing a mezuzah. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:24 writes that one should kiss the mezuzah in order to remind oneself of Hashem's unity. [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=34744&st=&pgnum=4&hilite= Kav HaYashar (ch. 1)] writes that touching the mezuzah and offering a short prayer when one leaves one's house affords oneself protection from spiritual dangers. Orchos Rabbeinu (v. 3, p. 164) writes that the Chazon Ish looked at the mezuzah without kissing it when he passed by one. </ref> | # When one leaves one's house should kiss the mezuzah to remind one of the unity of Hashem, as discussed below. There are different opinions as to how exactly one should behave when passing a mezuzah. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:24 writes that one should kiss the mezuzah in order to remind oneself of Hashem's unity. [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=34744&st=&pgnum=4&hilite= Kav HaYashar (ch. 1)] writes that touching the mezuzah and offering a short prayer when one leaves one's house affords oneself protection from spiritual dangers. Orchos Rabbeinu (v. 3, p. 164) writes that the Chazon Ish looked at the mezuzah without kissing it when he passed by one. </ref> | ||
# When one enters or exits a room one should think about the unity of Hashem, our love for Hashem, and be awakened from the slumber of the vanities of the world. One should think that there's nothing that last forever except knowledge of Hashem, and immediately this will help a person follow the proper path. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:23</ref> | # When one enters or exits a room one should think about the unity of Hashem, our love for Hashem, and be awakened from the slumber of the vanities of the world. One should think that there's nothing that last forever except knowledge of Hashem, and immediately this will help a person follow the proper path. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:23</ref> | ||
