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mezuzah

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7 lettersPronunciation /məˈzʊzə/Part of speech nounSorted aehmuzzStarts with MEnds with H0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A small case containing Jewish scripture passages fixed to a doorpost.

Word origin

From post-Biblical Hebrew מְזוּזָה (m'zuzá, məzûzâ, “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”.

Used in a sentence

  • If, for some strange reason, you want to eat the fair fruit on the date of purchase, you buy one that's already flecked, race home, and devour it as soon as you've crossed your threshold and kissed the mezuza.
  • Lubavitchers, Penansky says, believe mezuzahs need no adornment and simply wrap them in cellophane.
  • When Manny or either of his parents went through their front door they put a finger on their lips and then to the mezuzah on the door frame.

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