What Is Inside that Mezuzah? Originally Published August 17-18, 2018.
August 20, 2018
A mezuzah (מְזוּזָה , literally “door jamb,” pluralמְזוּזוֹת mezuzot) consists of a piece of parchment enclosed in a case. The parchment (the “klaf”) holds verses from Devarim (Deuteronomy) 6:4-9 and 11:13-21. Included in those verses is the Shema, which tells us to affix “these words” - the instructions to love and teach and talk, etc., […]