Mezuzah
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 158
- Date
- [ca. 1700-1900]
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1700-1900]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 158
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Notes
- Mezuzah (Heb. literally "doorpost") refers to one of the 613
commandments in Judaism which requires that a small parchment
(klaf) inscribed with two sections from the Torah's Book of
Deuteronomy (6:4-9 and 11:13-21) be affixed to each doorpost and
gate in a Jewish home and business. A small case or box typically
covers the parchment.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
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