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#One should have one's [[Mezuzot]] checked by a sofer twice in seven years, or once in every three and a half years, and it is a pious practice to check them every year during [[Elul]].<ref>Yoma 11a, Shulchan Aruch YD 291:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:25, Yalkut Yosef YD 285:92</ref> | #One should have one's [[Mezuzot]] checked by a sofer twice in seven years, or once in every three and a half years, and it is a pious practice to check them every year during [[Elul]].<ref>Yoma 11a, Shulchan Aruch YD 291:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:25, Yalkut Yosef YD 285:92. [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=9357&st=&pgnum=120 Kol Yakov 291:3] quotes a practice to check one's mezuzot when there is a mice infestation.</ref> | ||
#If one's mezuzah became wet one should check it immediately.<ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comment on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:22)</ref> | #If one's mezuzah became wet one should check it immediately.<ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comment on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:22)</ref> | ||
#The mezuzah's of a publically owned building only need to be checked twice in fifty years.<ref>Yoma 11a, Shulchan Aruch YD 291:1</ref> | #The mezuzah's of a publically owned building only need to be checked twice in fifty years.<ref>Yoma 11a, Shulchan Aruch YD 291:1</ref> | ||
