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mezuza

doorpost ornament, thought by primitive Jews to protect them from harm. [Judaism: Rosten, 239]
See: Charms
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Orthodox Jews attach to the right-hand entry doorpost of the home a small box cared the mezuza, containing a parchment with two passages of scripture (Deut.
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