Mezuzah: Difference between revisions
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#A yeshiva dormitory requires mezuzot and they should be put up by the yeshiva and not the students.<ref>Ohel Aryeh 4:15 explains that since the yeshiva bachur can be kicked out of his room and it isn't really a rental but a payment for a place to stay the yeshiva needs to put up the mezuzot in the dormitory.</ref> | #A yeshiva dormitory requires mezuzot and they should be put up by the yeshiva and not the students.<ref>Ohel Aryeh 4:15 explains that since the yeshiva bachur can be kicked out of his room and it isn't really a rental but a payment for a place to stay the yeshiva needs to put up the mezuzot in the dormitory.</ref> | ||
==Proper | ==Proper Behavior When Passing a 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 Shulchan Aruch 11:24 writes that one should kiss the mezuzah in order to remind oneself of Hashem's unity. [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=34744&st=&pgnum=4&hilite= Kav HaYashar (ch. 1)] writes that touching the mezuzah and offering a short prayer when one leaves one's house affords oneself protection from spiritual dangers. Orchos Rabbeinu (v. 3, p. 164) writes that the Chazon Ish looked at the mezuzah without kissing it when he passed by one. </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. | |||
#When one enters or exits a room one should think about the unity of Hashem, our love for Hashem, and be awakened from the slumber of the vanities of the world. One should think that there's nothing that last forever except knowledge of Hashem, and immediately this will help a person follow the proper path. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:23</ref> | #When one enters or exits a room one should think about the unity of Hashem, our love for Hashem, and be awakened from the slumber of the vanities of the world. One should think that there's nothing that last forever except knowledge of Hashem, and immediately this will help a person follow the proper path. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:23</ref> | ||
#One should be very careful with the mitzvah of mezuzah because it is a mitzvah that applies to everyone always. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:23</ref> | #One should be very careful with the mitzvah of mezuzah because it is a mitzvah that applies to everyone always.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 11:23</ref> | ||
==Non-Jew== | ==Non-Jew== | ||
