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## 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, 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 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> | # 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>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 286:21 based on Rashba, Agur Bohalecha 26:10</ref> | ||
===Revolving Door=== | ===Revolving Door=== | ||
