Mendel kugel, a manhattan rabbi who runs mezuzahme, a service for selling and examining mezuzahs, says goode’s project is a testament to the mezuzah’s resonance as a.

Can gentiles use a mezuzah. A mezuzah has to be written lishmah, for its own sake (i.e., expressly for the sake of the holiness of the mezuzah).(maimonides, unlike the majority of sages, ruled that such expressed intention. The word mezuzah, which literally. So your immediate reaction was absolutely correct.

It is forbidden to give or sell a mezuzah to a. In 2014, a financial adviser in new york, henry zabarsky, created the christoozah, a hollow red cross containing. “offend” is sort of a strong word.

I was given a mezuzah by a jewish neighbour, who became a close friend. Goode isn’t the first person to market mezuzahs to christians. One can argue in favor of using the rabbinic mezuzah only as a reminder to obey all of yahweh’s words and commandments, but this argument fails because the commandment is given as a.

Gentiles are allowed to leave mezuzoth up, and checking the scroll for damage is a mitzvah (commandment/good thing to do). I wouldn't’t be offended by it, but i am not comfortable with it either. A mezuzah is a small piece of parchment containing scripture that is kept in a small case or tube attached to the doorpost of a jewish home.

It is forbidden to give or sell a mezuzah to a. If this was a subreddit for hebrew christians, their answer might be fine, whatever. but on r/judaism, the answer is no, absolutely not. Most authorities explain that there is an additional reason, unique to mezuzah, why one must leave the mezuzah behind even if one wants to use it elsewhere.

The question i have for you is this: On the 7 th of av, 5709 (1949), r. Also, it would be a good idea for you to.