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# If one's mezuzah became wet one should check it immediately.<ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comment on Kitzur S"A 11:22)</ref> | # If one's mezuzah became wet one should check it immediately.<ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comment on Kitzur S"A 11:22)</ref> | ||
==The Bracha on putting up a Mezuzah== | ==The Bracha on putting up a Mezuzah== | ||
# Before putting up a mezuzah one should recite the bracha of "Asher Kideshanu Bemizvotav vetzivanu likboah Mezuzah" - " אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו לקבוע מזוזה" . If one puts up several mezuzot at one time one bracha suffices for all of them. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:7</ref> | # Before putting up a mezuzah one should recite the bracha of "Asher Kideshanu Bemizvotav vetzivanu likboah Mezuzah" - " אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו לקבוע מזוזה" . <ref> Gemara Menachot 42b, Rambam Hilchot Mezuzah 5:7, Kitzur S"A 11:7, Aruch Hashulchan 289:3 </ref> If one puts up several mezuzot at one time one bracha suffices for all of them. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:7, Aruch Hashulchan YD 289:4, Shevet Ha’Levi 6:160, Rivevot Ephraim 3:508, Az Nidberu 3:61 </ref> In a situation like this one should be careful not to make a hefsek (pause) between mezuzot by talking. <ref> Mezuzat Baitecha 289:6, Rivevot Ephraim 2:29:21, Pitchei Mezuzat 289:10, Kuntres Hamezuzah 289:8 </ref> If one did speak some poskim would require you to say a new beracha. <ref> Chovat Hadar 11:9, Kuntres Hamezuzah 289:8. Mikdash Miat 289:6 and Birchot Habayis 59:1 disagree. </ref> | ||
# A shehecheyanu isn't recited when putting up a mezuzah on the doorpost. <ref> Chovat Hadar 11:2, Mezuzat Baitecha 289:3 </ref> | # A shehecheyanu isn't recited when putting up a mezuzah on the doorpost. <ref> Chovat Hadar 11:2, Mezuzat Baitecha 289:3 </ref> | ||
# If a mezuzah fell down and one is putting it up again one must recite a bracha before putting it up again. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:7</ref> | # If a mezuzah fell down and one is putting it up again one must recite a bracha before putting it up again. <ref> Kitzur S"A 11:7, Beer Moshe 6:6, Chovat Hadar 11:15:footnote 29, Kuntres Hamezuzah 289:7, Avnei Yashfei 1:207:3-4, Rivevos Ephraim 2:28:5. Orchos Rabbeinu 3:page 178:38 however, disagrees. </ref> | ||
# If one took down one's Mezuzot in order to have them checked by the sofer and they were found to be kosher, one should put them back up with a Bracha of Lekvoh Mezuzah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 285:93 writes that one should recite a bracha if they were taken down to be checked by a sofer, while the Kitzur S"A 11:7 writes that there's a doubt if one should make a bracha if a mezuzah was taken down to check it.</ref> | # If one took down one's Mezuzot in order to have them checked by the sofer and they were found to be kosher, one should put them back up with a Bracha of Lekvoh Mezuzah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 285:93 writes that one should recite a bracha if they were taken down to be checked by a sofer, while the Kitzur S"A 11:7 writes that there's a doubt if one should make a bracha if a mezuzah was taken down to check it.</ref> If one checks the mezuzah by himself, he need not say a new beracha. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Parashat Ki Tavo Year 2 Halacha 8, Pitchei Teshuva 289:1, Aruch Hashulchan 289:4, Chovat Hadar 11:14 </ref> If a mezuzah was found to be not kosher, then a beracha is recited when it is replaced with a kosher one. <ref> Kitzur S"A 11:3,5, Rivevot Ephraim 1:19, Beer Moshe 2:92:13, Kuntres Hamezuzah 289:6, Chovat Hador 11:11:footnote 20, Yabea Omer YD 3:17 </ref> | ||
# However, if one took down one's Mezuzah just to put it in a nicer case, one doesn't need to make a new Bracha when putting it up unless it was taken down for several hours so that one stopped thinking about the Mezuzah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 285:94</ref> | # However, if one took down one's Mezuzah just to put it in a nicer case, one doesn't need to make a new Bracha when putting it up unless it was taken down for several hours so that one stopped thinking about the Mezuzah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef YD 285:94 </ref> | ||
# When replacing the mezuzot, a new beracha is recited. <ref> Maharam Shik YD 285, Rivevot Ephraim 7:239, Beer Moshe 2:92, Avnei | |||
Yashfei 1:207:1, Doleh Umashke page 275:footnote 69 quoting Rav Elyashiv and Rav Nissim Karelitz. </ref> | |||
==Proper behavior when passing mezuzah== | ==Proper behavior when passing mezuzah== | ||
# When one leaves one's house should kiss the mezuzah to remind one of the unity of Hashem, as discussed below. There are different opinions as to how exactly one should behave when passing a mezuzah. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:24. The Chazon Ish looked at the mezuzah without kissing it when he passed by one (Orchos Rabbeinu 3:page 164:2). </ref> | # When one leaves one's house should kiss the mezuzah to remind one of the unity of Hashem, as discussed below. There are different opinions as to how exactly one should behave when passing a mezuzah. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:24. The Chazon Ish looked at the mezuzah without kissing it when he passed by one (Orchos Rabbeinu 3:page 164:2). </ref> | ||
