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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>
 #If it can't be placed on the doorpost, it should be drilled into the doorpost. If it can not be drilled into the doorpost it should be attached to the wall within one [[tefach]] of the doorway. It should be on the outside wall as one enters the room and not the inside wall.<ref>The Complete Mezuzah Guide p. 74 by R' Elefant based on Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 289:4</ref>
-===When It Is Put Up===
-#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>
-# A person should put up a mezuzah right when he starts to live there.<Ref>Magen Avraham 19:1 assumes a person puts up a mezuzah once he starts to live there. Agur Bohalecha 1:1 and 8:1 writes that if one started to live in the house one should put the mezuzah right away. But he suggests that it is better to put it up in advance right before one starts to live there, even though one is only obligated after he started to live there.</ref>
 ===Which Is the Right Side?===