It is the handwritten parchment paper that is the mezuzah.
Jewish prayer box on door.
Hebrew a small box placed on the right doorpost of jewish homes.
Muh zoo zuh oo as in book origin.
Women do not usually wear tefillin though this.
The concept of a mezuzah comes from the torah where we read and you shall inscribe them on the doorposts mezuzot of your house and on your gates deuteronomy 6 9 11 20.
It contains a parchment scroll with verses from the torah inscribed on it including the shema prayer deuteronomy 6 4 9 11 13 21.
Hear o israel the lord is our god the lord is one.
A mere container what s important is the scroll upon which the first two sections of the shema are handwritten beginning with the eternal words hear o israel the l rd is our g d the l rd is one 1 these selections both contain g d s instruction to affix the mezuzah.
They are worn on the head and on one arm and are held in place by leather straps.
A mezuzah is a small box that is placed on the right doorpost of jewish homes.
What constitutes a kosher mezuzah.
Observant men and boys who have had their bar mitzvah usually wear tefillin during the morning prayer services.
In hebrew the word mezuzah מ זו ז ה actually means doorpost the plural is מ זו זו ת mezuzot the mezuzah as it is known is actually a piece of parchment called a klaf with specific verses from the torah that is then placed inside a mezuzah case which is then affixed to the doorposts of a jewish home.
In orthodox communities it is only worn by men while in non orthodox communities it.
The outer casing is simply a decoration to protect the prayer.
Inside the box is a parchment scroll with verses from the torah inscribed on it including the shema prayer deuteronomy 6 4 9 11 13 21.
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Although it is common to refer to the decorative case that holds the parchment as the mezuzah it is actually called a mezuzah case.
The decorative case containing the mezuzah scroll is just that.
ת פ ל ין or ת פ יל ין or phylacteries is a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the torah tefillin is worn by observant adult jews during weekday morning prayers.
Each mezuzah contains a rolled kosher parchment with the shema prayer meant to protect the inhabitants.
מ זו זו ת mezuzot is a piece of parchment called a klaf contained in a decorative case and inscribed with specific hebrew verses from the torah deuteronomy 6 4 9 and 11 13 21 these verses consist of the jewish prayer shema yisrael beginning with the phrase.
Since the jewish people received the torah on mount sinai jews have been placing a mezuzah parchment surrounded by a case on their door posts.
Tefillin also called phylacteries are two small leather boxes that contain verses from the torah.
