Mezuzah: Difference between revisions
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# It is proper that the klaf should be positions so that the שדי is facing outward towards the opposite doorpost.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 1:33</ref> | # It is proper that the klaf should be positions so that the שדי is facing outward towards the opposite doorpost.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 1:33</ref> | ||
See the [[Acquiring and Maintaining Stam]] page for more details about maintaining the klaf. | See the [[Acquiring and Maintaining Stam]] page for more details about maintaining the klaf. | ||
===The Case=== | |||
# The klaf should be placed inside a case or a plastic wrap to preserve it and not simply attached to the wall without any case.<ref>Bava Metsia 102a, Agur Bohalecha 9:1</ref> | |||
#Ideally the case should be clear so that the word שדי is visible from the outside. If the area is going to be used for changing diapers or getting changed, the case should not be clear.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 9:4-5</ref> | |||
# There is a mitzvah to get a nice mezuzah case to beautify the mitzvah of mezuzah.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 9:12</ref> | |||
# A mezuzah case in which the klaf is inside a container that is separated from the wall by some airspace is valid.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 9:18</ref> | |||
===Who Should Put it Up=== | ===Who Should Put it Up=== | ||
