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#Double doors with or without a poll in between is considered a single doorway and needs only one mezuzah on the right.<ref>Rashba (teshuva 4:91) writes that double doors with a poll in the middle, with the doors that are attached to the poll in the middle should have two mezuzot, but if they're attached to the side doorposts it should have one mezuzah since the poll in the middle is only for decoration and not to create two doorways. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 286:21 codifies the Rashba. The Tur Y.D. 286:21, although similar in formulation to the Rashba, writes that if there is a single door that opens for two doorways it only needs one mezuzah, implying that if there are two doors that can open separately they need two mezuzot. [https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14428&st=&pgnum=49 Yad Ketana ch. 3 fnt. 9] makes this point but finds the opinion of the Tur very difficult to sustain in this case since the door functions as one doorway. He concludes that we follow the Rashba and Shulchan Aruch in that case and one mezuzah suffices.</ref> | #Double doors with or without a poll in between is considered a single doorway and needs only one mezuzah on the right.<ref>Rashba (teshuva 4:91) writes that double doors with a poll in the middle, with the doors that are attached to the poll in the middle should have two mezuzot, but if they're attached to the side doorposts it should have one mezuzah since the poll in the middle is only for decoration and not to create two doorways. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 286:21 codifies the Rashba. The Tur Y.D. 286:21, although similar in formulation to the Rashba, writes that if there is a single door that opens for two doorways it only needs one mezuzah, implying that if there are two doors that can open separately they need two mezuzot. [https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14428&st=&pgnum=49 Yad Ketana ch. 3 fnt. 9] makes this point but finds the opinion of the Tur very difficult to sustain in this case since the door functions as one doorway. He concludes that we follow the Rashba and Shulchan Aruch in that case and one mezuzah suffices.</ref> | ||
## Some say that putting up an extra mezuzah when a door is split with a poll and really only needs one mezuzah is a violation of baal tosif.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 15:6</ref> | ## Some say that putting up an extra mezuzah when a door is split with a poll and really only needs one mezuzah is a violation of baal tosif.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 15:6</ref> | ||
# Two doorways next to one another that function the same room and people use one door or the other randomly, they are considered one need and only need one mezuzah on the rightmost post.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 26:8</ref> Some hold that they are both obligated in mezuzot as long as there are two different doors.<ref>Pitchei Mezuzot 296:109 writes that we shouldn't be lenient like the Yad Ketana that anytime they're functioning the same room they're considered one doorway, rather we should follow the implication of the Tur.</ref> | # Two doorways next to one another that function the same room and people use one door or the other randomly, they are considered one need and only need one mezuzah on the rightmost post.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 26:8, Rav Chaim Kanievsky (Daat Noteh Mezuzah p. 570) defending the Yad Ketana, Birur Halacha Hakatzar p. 79 202:3</ref> Some hold that they are both obligated in mezuzot as long as there are two different doors.<ref>Pitchei Mezuzot 296:109 writes that we shouldn't be lenient like the Yad Ketana that anytime they're functioning the same room they're considered one doorway, rather we should follow the implication of the Tur. This also seems to be the understanding of the Chayei Adam 15:13.</ref> | ||
# Two doorways next to one another with doors that are attached to the middle poll and the poll is a tefach wide are obligated in two mezuzot.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 26:10</ref> | |||
===Revolving Door=== | ===Revolving Door=== | ||
