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Mezuzah: (lit. doorpost); parchment scroll affixed to the doorposts of a Jewish home or business, containing portions of the Shema.
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“We waited a long time to find a cow large enough,” says scribe Rabbi Betzalel Yakunt
When Chabad-Lubavitch of Berlin unveiled the mezuzah at the entrance of their new Jewish Campus, it turned heads. Unlike a typical scroll of 5 to 6 inches, this square mezuzah measures more than 3 feet tall, with each letter more than an inch in height. T...
‘Project Protect’ highlights a mitzvah that safeguards Jewish homes and households
With people spending more time in their homes because of the coronavirus pandemic, sales of home-related goods from paint to furniture have skyrocketed. Now there’s a project to help Jewish households get a hold of the most important home-improvement item...
It follows shofar-blowing a day earlier at the Gantz home in Rosh HaAyin
Prior to departing to Washington, D.C., where he will meet with U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and other senior officials, Benny Gantz, Israel’s Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister, invited Rabbi Nahum Cohen, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitc...
New law gives boost to public Jewish observance in response to growing anti-Semitism
The state of California has taken what lawmakers and religious-rights activists around the nation are calling an enormous step forward in ensuring that Jewish residents are able to practice their faith freely with the governor signing into law a bill that...
Historic Brooklyn neighborhood undergoing a Jewish renaissance
Having mezuzahs on her family’s doorposts has changed Anna Shur’s outlook on Judaism. “It gives me a sense of who I am; it’s a reminder to be thankful to G‑d,” says Shur, who started lighting Shabbat candles regularly and enrolled her 7-year-old son and 6...
Greg Joseph already an inspiration in Cleveland
Greg Joseph has just arrived in Cleveland, and already things have gotten off on the right foot. The new placekicker for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns scored his first career game-winning field goal last week with just two seconds left in overtime against th...
The beautiful and important custom of checking tefillin and mezuzahs in Elul
In the hustle and bustle of life, it’s easy to get caught up in minutiae and marvel at how time passes much too quickly. But one of the beautiful things of the month of Elul is to consciously use time for reflection, introspection and preparation in advan...
Another mezuzah will go up as part of a public rededication ceremony planned for Jan. 18
A mezuzah will again go up on the doorpost of the Undergraduate Students Association Council at the University of California-Los Angeles, after having been forcibly ripped off multiple times in the past few years. It will be rededicated next week in the p...
Rabbi bonds with the few Jewish residents at a nursing home in Plymouth, Mass.
Jacob Chartoff was born and raised in Boston. As a young man, he attended Harvard University enrolled in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, graduating with a degree in English literature. He chuckled when recalling that annual tuition back then was a w...
For Israel and in memory of loved ones, the Simons brothers go national as part of a determined campaign
Nic and Cat Trammell of Los Angeles just installed their very first mezuzah, as have hundreds of other young couples and singles due to an initiative of the Young Jewish Professionals of Los Angeles—a Chabad center for young adults—and has spread to more ...
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