(JTA) — It’s affixed upon the doorpost. It’s wooden, thin and rectangular, but with rounded corners. It’s meant to fulfill a biblical commandment. And it bears a verse from the Gospel of John about ...

It’s affixed upon the doorpost. It’s wooden, thin and rectangular, but with rounded corners. It’s meant to fulfill a biblical commandment. And it bears a verse from the Gospel of John about the ...

A mezuzah is more than a way to mark the front door of a Jewish household. This special parchment, contained in a decorative case, contains the Hebrew verse for the Shema Yisrael prayer. The beginning ...

Mezuzah smashed, swastika carved into doorframe of Jewish student’s home The Maastricht University student discovered the damage to his mezuzah, an object containing scripture on parchment that Jews ...

Thou shalt not spread germs. Mezuzahs — prayer-filled boxes in doorframes that religious Jews touch upon entering a room — do not transmit viruses, says a group of doctors at Maimonides Medical Center ...

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 4, 2020 21:13 Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lauissued issued a ruling on Wednesday that people should stop kissing the mezuzah when they enter or depart Jewish ...

A mezuzah on a doorpost instantly shows you one thing: that home is a Jewish one. One of Judaism’s best-known icons, the mezuzah plays a significant role in Jewish superstition as well as halacha.