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mezuza
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mezuza
doorpost ornament, thought by primitive Jews to protect them from harm. [Judaism: Rosten, 239]
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A Jewish mezuzah, a small rectangular box containing passages from the Torah, is fixed on a doorpost as a protective symbol of moral values and faith.
Instead, absent-minded Helen takes Oreo inside to a loose floorboard where the heroine is disappointed to find "a mezuzah on a thin chain and a pair of bed socks.
I received this mezuzah from the Shulamith School for Girls in Brooklyn, and it's a way of saying, 'This is my space, and please don't put a wreath on this door.
 
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