If there is only one doorpost:[1] Doorpost on right side: If there is a doorpost only on the right side of the entrance, while by the left side there is no doorpost and the left wall simply continues past the area where the right doorpost is horizontally aligned to [see […]
Achsadra-A three walled room or structure
Achsadra: A structure with only three walls:[1] An external structure that only has three walls is called in Achsadra. An Achsadra which contains a completely open fourth wall which is used as the entrance does not require a Mezuzah on its side, as its sides are not considered to be […]
Height and Width of Doorpost
Height of doorposts:[1] Each of the two doorposts must reach a height of at least ten Tefach to be considered a Halachic doorpost which requires a Mezuzah. Width of the doorway-Must the entrance of the doorway contain a minimum width of opening? Some Poskim[2] rule the doorway does […]
Requirement of doorposts and Lintel
Doorposts and Lintel:[1] An opening is only obligated to have a Mezuzah if it has two doorposts [one on each side], and a Mashkof [lintel] on top of the doorposts.[2] Q&A Must the entrance contain a doorframe to be obligated in a Mezuzah?[3] Yes. If one does not […]
Door-less openings
A door-less opening:[1] Openings which do not have doors are nevertheless obligated to have a Mezuzah. However some Poskim[2] exempt such an opening from needing a Mezuzah.[3] Thus, in order to fulfill ones obligation according to all opinions, when one places a Mezuzah on a door-less opening he should […]
Ship
A ship:[1] The rooms of a ship are exempt from a Mezuzah.[2] [However those ships that contain permanent rooms of living, as is common in all boats and ships of today, some Poskim[3] rule they are obligated to have a Mezuzah. Other Poskim[4] however rule that the rooms of all […]
A Sukkah
A Sukkah:[1] A Sukkah is not obligated to have a Mezuzah.[2] [1] Michaber 286/11 [2] The reason: As it is not a permanent dwelling. [Shach 286/21; Taz 286/10] Bookmark
Laboratory
Is a laboratory or x-ray room obligated in a Mezuzah?[1] One is to place a Mezuzah without a blessing. [1] See Pischeiy Shearim 286/139 Bookmark
Mobile Home
Are the doors of a mobile home obligated to have a Mezuzah? If one lives in the home on a permanent basis, it is obligated in Mezuzah.[1] If however one does not live in it on a permanent basis, then it is not obligated to have a Mezuzah. [1] […]
Office
Is an office obligated to have a Mezuzah? An office shares the same status as a store and is hence to have a Mezuzah placed without a blessing. Is the entrance of an office building obligated to have a Mezuzah?[1] An office building which contains Jewish offices is to […]
