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==Types of Doors== | ==Types of Doors== | ||
===Accordion Door=== | ===Accordion Door=== | ||
# An accordion door where the accordion door opens to the left certainly should have a mezuzah on the right doorpost. If the door opens to the right or both sides if after folding the door there is a tefach between the post and the area of passage, some hold that it is necessary to set up a new post next to the end of where the door folds, some hold it is exempt, and the minhag is to put the mezuzah on the right doorpost.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1037727/Rabbi%20Mordechai%20I.%20Willig/Mezuzah%20Shiur%2028%20-%20Elevators,%20Accordion%20Doors,%20Garages,%20Hospitals Rav Mordechai Willig (Mezuzah Shiur 28 min 14)] accepts the minhag to place it on the right doorpost even though it is more than a tefach from the entranceway. Teshuvot Vehanhagot 3:328 and Otzrot Piskei Igrot Moshe p. 11 quoting Ohalei Yeshurun fnt. 175 in the name of Rav Moshe Feinstein, and Shaarei Hamezuzah 12:15 agree. Chovat Hadar 8:3 fnt. 8 holds that an accordion door needs a post placed next to where the folds end so that the mezuzah is within a tefach of the passageway of the door.</ref> | # An accordion door where the accordion door opens to the left certainly should have a mezuzah on the right doorpost. If the door opens to the right or both sides if after folding the door there is a tefach between the post and the area of passage, some hold that it is necessary to set up a new post next to the end of where the door folds, some hold it is exempt, and the minhag is to put the mezuzah on the right doorpost.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1037727/Rabbi%20Mordechai%20I.%20Willig/Mezuzah%20Shiur%2028%20-%20Elevators,%20Accordion%20Doors,%20Garages,%20Hospitals Rav Mordechai Willig (Mezuzah Shiur 28 min 14)] accepts the minhag to place it on the right doorpost even though it is more than a tefach from the entranceway. Teshuvot Vehanhagot 3:328 and Otzrot Piskei Igrot Moshe p. 11 quoting Ohalei Yeshurun fnt. 175 in the name of Rav Moshe Feinstein, and Shaarei Hamezuzah 12:15 agree. Chut Shani p. 121 seems to agree. Teshuvot Vehanagot reasons that the door itself can't nullify part of the doorway since it is part of the function of the doorway. Chovat Hadar 8:3 fnt. 8 holds that an accordion door needs a post placed next to where the folds end so that the mezuzah is within a tefach of the passageway of the door.</ref> | ||
#If there is a part of the accordion door with a thickness of a tefach that doesn't move next to the right doorpost, the mezuzah can be placed on this fixed area.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 22:11</ref> | #If there is a part of the accordion door with a thickness of a tefach that doesn't move next to the right doorpost, the mezuzah can be placed on this fixed area.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 22:11</ref> | ||
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# A revolving door should have a mezuzah on the right side whether the revolving door turns counter-clockwise or clockwise.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1037727/Rabbi%20Mordechai%20I.%20Willig/Mezuzah%20Shiur%2028%20-%20Elevators,%20Accordion%20Doors,%20Garages,%20Hospitals Rav Mordechai Willig (Mezuzah Shiur 28 min 7)]</ref> | # A revolving door should have a mezuzah on the right side whether the revolving door turns counter-clockwise or clockwise.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1037727/Rabbi%20Mordechai%20I.%20Willig/Mezuzah%20Shiur%2028%20-%20Elevators,%20Accordion%20Doors,%20Garages,%20Hospitals Rav Mordechai Willig (Mezuzah Shiur 28 min 7)]</ref> | ||
===Sliding Door=== | ===Sliding Door=== | ||
# A sliding door should have the mezuzah on the right doorpost even if the sliding door on the right side always remains in place.<Ref>Agur Bohalecha 13:16, Shaarei Hamezuzah 12:15</ref> | # A sliding door should have the mezuzah on the right doorpost even if the sliding door on the right side always remains in place.<Ref>Agur Bohalecha 13:16, Shaarei Hamezuzah 12:15, Chut Shani Mezuzah p. 121</ref> | ||
==Type of Rooms and Buildings== | ==Type of Rooms and Buildings== | ||
