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# It is a machlokes whether or not the doorway leading into an elevator requires a mezuzah. <ref>Rav Zilberstein (Tuvcha Yabiu -Hilchos Shecheinim 34) says that even if the elevator itself is not 4 by 4 amos- the doorpost from the hallway that leads into the elevator requires a mezuzah. However, Rav Moshe Stern (Be'er Moshe 2:88) says that no matter what an elevator will never require a mezuzah.</ref> | # It is a machlokes whether or not the doorway leading into an elevator requires a mezuzah. <ref>Rav Zilberstein (Tuvcha Yabiu -Hilchos Shecheinim 34) says that even if the elevator itself is not 4 by 4 amos- the doorpost from the hallway that leads into the elevator requires a mezuzah. However, Rav Moshe Stern (Be'er Moshe 2:88) says that no matter what an elevator will never require a mezuzah.</ref> | ||
==How the mezuzah should be placed== | ==How the mezuzah should be placed== | ||
# The mezuzah should be put up on the doorpost which is to one's right upon one's entering the room. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:3. | # The mezuzah should be put up on the doorpost which is to one's right upon one's entering the room. <ref> Gemara Menachot 33b, Rambam Hilchot Mezuzah 6:12, Shulchan Aruch 289:2, Aruch Hashulchan 289:5, Taz 289:3, Levush 289:2, Aruch Hashulchan 289:5, Kitzur S"A 11:3. </ref> This is true for a left handed person as well. <ref> Kitzur S"A 11:3, Mordechai Halachot Ketanot 962, Bach 289:5, Shach 289:5, Levush 289:2, Chayei Adam 15:17, Aruch Hashulchan 289:5, Kuntres Hamezuzah page 102:footnote 22. </ref> | ||
# The mezuzah should be placed | # The mezuzah should be placed at the beginning of the upper third of the height of the doorway <ref> Kitzur S"A 11:5, Rashi Menachot 33a “bitechila,” Rambam Hilchot Mezuzah 6:12, Tur 289, Prisha 289:6, Shulchan Aruch 289:2, Levush 289:2, Chayei Adam 15:17, Pitchei Mezuzahs 289:24, Chovat Hadar 8:2:4, Teshuvot Vihanhagot 2:539. see Yabea Omer YD 2:21 where Chacham Ovadia Yosef quotes poskim who say that if it was placed higher than the beginning of the top third it should be moved without a beracha to there, but himself disagrees. </ref> but it should be placed at least a Tefach from the top of the doorway. <ref>Kitzur S"A 11:5, Tur 289, Shulchan Aruch 289:2, Levush 289:2 </ref> If it is not in the top third it isn't kosher. <ref> Beit Yosef 289, Shach 289:4, Taz 289:3. </ref> | ||
# One may put up a mezuzah at night.<ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comment on Kitzur S"A 11:10), Ben Ish Chai Parashat Ki Tavo Year 2: Halacha 4, Shevet Hakehati 1:277, | # The mezuzah should be placed on the outer tefach of the doorpost. <ref> Gemara Menachot 32b, Tur 289, Shulchan Aruch 289:2, Levush 289:2, Chayei Adam 15:17, Aruch Hashulchan 289:9. Taz 289:3 writes that the mezuzah is still kosher if the mezuzah isn't on the outer tefach. </ref> | ||
# One may put up a mezuzah at night.<ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comment on Kitzur S"A 11:10), Ben Ish Chai Parashat Ki Tavo Year 2: Halacha 4, Shevet Hakehati 1:277, Mezuzat Baitecha 289:6, Rivevot Ephraim 7:369. </ref> | |||
# Ideally, a child should not place the mezuzah on a doorpost. <ref> Tzitz Eliezer 14:75, Chanoch Lanaar 35:4 </ref> | # Ideally, a child should not place the mezuzah on a doorpost. <ref> Tzitz Eliezer 14:75, Chanoch Lanaar 35:4 </ref> | ||
==Having one's Mezuzot checked== | ==Having one's Mezuzot checked== | ||
