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#Double doors with or without a pole 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 pole in the middle, with the doors that are attached to the pole in the middle should have two mezuzot, but if they're attached to the side doorposts it should have one mezuzah since the pole 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 pole 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 pole in the middle, with the doors that are attached to the pole in the middle should have two mezuzot, but if they're attached to the side doorposts it should have one mezuzah since the pole 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 pole 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 pole and really only needs one mezuzah is a violation of baal tosif.<ref>Agur Bohalecha 15:6</ref> | ||
