mezuzah

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noun

Plural noun:

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1.
(Judaism and occasionally Christianity) A piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21) and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house.
2.
(Samaritanism) An object of similar function in the Samaritan tradition.

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From post-Biblical Hebrew מְזוּזָה (doorpost), with reference to Deuteronomy 6:9, a mitzvah (Biblical commandment as interpreted in Jewish law) ordering to “write the words of God on the gates and doorposts of your house”.