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# The mezuzah should be placed on the outer [[tefach]] of the doorpost. <ref> Gemara Menachot 32b, Tur 289, Shulchan Aruch 289:2, Levush 289:2, Chayei Adam 15:17, Aruch Hashulchan 289:9. Taz 289:3 writes that the mezuzah is still kosher if the mezuzah isn't on the outer [[tefach]]. </ref> | # The mezuzah should be placed on the outer [[tefach]] of the doorpost. <ref> Gemara Menachot 32b, Tur 289, Shulchan Aruch 289:2, Levush 289:2, Chayei Adam 15:17, Aruch Hashulchan 289:9. Taz 289:3 writes that the mezuzah is still kosher if the mezuzah isn't on the outer [[tefach]]. </ref> | ||
# One may put up a mezuzah at night.<ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comment on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:10), Ben Ish Chai Parashat Ki Tavo Year 2: Halacha 4, Shevet Hakehati 1:277, Mezuzat Baitecha 289:6, Rivevot Ephraim 7:369. </ref> | # One may put up a mezuzah at night.<ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comment on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:10), Ben Ish Chai Parashat Ki Tavo Year 2: Halacha 4, Shevet Hakehati 1:277, Mezuzat Baitecha 289:6, Rivevot Ephraim 7:369. </ref> | ||
# If a door is commonly used for both entry and exit then there is a doubt as to which side the mezuzah should be placed upon, but if one side is used for entry more than the other direction, the mezuza should be placed on the right relative to that side. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu 11:4 </ref> | # If a door is commonly used for both entry and exit then there is a doubt as to which side the mezuzah should be placed upon, but if one side is used for entry more than the other direction, the mezuza should be placed on the right relative to that side. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu 11:4 </ref> | ||
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