Living Torah Archives

As part of his campaign, launched in 1974 to encourage Jews to affix mezuzahs in their homes, the Rebbe also urged checking them in order to ensure that they are indeed kosher.

A special video collage on the importance of checking tefillin and mezuzahs to make sure that they are Kosher.

Born in the Soviet Union, Rabbi Mottel Chein is now a communal activist living in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. In the late 1950s, he was a student at the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Lod, Israel.

During the month of Elul it is customary to check one’s tefillin and mezuzos. Be sure to get yours checked and have a sweet new year.

In 1991, Naftoli Feldman was confined to the hospital suffering from cardiovascular issues. As each treatment that he tried failed to bring positive results, he asked his wife to go to the Rebbe to seek a blessing. The Rebbe’s advice, and his subsequent care and attention, is something that left an indelible impression. (1991)

Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman is a recipient of the Israel Prize, his country’s highest honor. In 1985, his daughter developed a severe eye condition that confounded all the experts... The Rebbe’s diagnosis: “Check the mezuzahs.”

What does it mean when the Rebbe gives you the same advice three times in a row? And how many times must you check your Mezuzos anyway? (1992)

After suffering a debilitating injury to her back, Mrs. Tzirel Weinbaum received an instruction from the Rebbe to have her Mezuzos checked...

It is customary to check the Mezuzahs from time to time, but especially if there is some problem. The Mezuzah brings G-d’s protection upon all the members of the household, even when they are outside the home.