Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small piece of parchment inscribed with the biblical passages Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 and marked with the word Shaddai, a name of the Almighty, that is rolled up in a container and affixed by many Jewish households to their door frames in conformity with Jewish law and as a sign of their faith.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Among the Jews, an emblem consisting of a piece of parchment, inscribed on one side with the words found in Deut. vi. 4-9 and xi. 13-21, on the other with “Shaddai,” ‘the Almighty,’ and so placed in a small hollow cylinder that the divine name is visible through an opening covered by a glass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Judaism A piece of
parchment inscribed with Pentateuchal texts and attached in a case to thedoorpost of ahouse , in accordance with Jewish law that says that “theJews must remember the Tenth Plague and the blood on the doorposts.”
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Actually, a mezuzah is a daily reminder — and a public declaration — of Jewish identity …
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As a matter of interest a mezuzah is a parchment scroll with selected Torah verses placed in a container and affixed to the exterior doorposts of observant Jewish homes.
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From her father she knew that the box was called a mezuzah and that, inside, was a scroll with a prayer, called the shema.
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994
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From her father she knew that the box was called a mezuzah and that, inside, was a scroll with a prayer, called the shema.
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994
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From her father she knew that the box was called a mezuzah and that, inside, was a scroll with a prayer, called the shema.
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994
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From her father she knew that the box was called a mezuzah and that, inside, was a scroll with a prayer, called the shema.
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994
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From her father she knew that the box was called a mezuzah and that, inside, was a scroll with a prayer, called the shema.
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994
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(A mezuzah is a piece of parchment, often contained in a decorative case, that includes Hebrew verses from the Torah.
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On its face, the so-called mezuzah case sparks an interesting question: Does a condo association violate owners 'civil rights by banning religious symbols from a ...
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BLITZER: And he -- you know, he's -- he's a Mormon, but he wears a mezuzah, which is a Jewish ...
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