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Mezuzah

item[ca. 1700-1900]158

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Mezuzah
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Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
[ca. 1700-1900] (indexed as 1700–1900)
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Scope & content
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.
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Jewish CommunityJudaismOrnamentReligious ArtTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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2026-10-18T19:26:57Z · source datestamp n/a · cjhn

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