Eine Pergamentrolle mit Bibelstellen, die an den Türrahmen jüdischer Häuser oder öffentlicher Gebäude fixiert wird und an den Bund erinnert.
In Nordafrika wird das Pergament der Meususa manchmal in einen Schlitz am Türrahmen eingefügt, der mit einer Mesusa-Abdeckung aus besticktem Textil oder geprägtem Metall bedeckt wird.
What is a mezuzah and how to hang it.
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Rosenbaum. Belle. Upon Thy Doorposts: The Law, the Lore, the Love of Mezuzot: A Personal Collection. New York: Jacob and Belle Rosenbaum Foundation, 1995.
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Sabar, Shalom. “Magic and Amulets in the Traditional Jewish Home.” JMB – Jüdisches Museum Berlin /Jewish Museum Berlin Journal, nr. 13, 2015, pp 13-17.
Sabar, Shalom. “Ha-Kisui Le-Mezuzah – Chefets Rituali Omanuti Yechudi Be-Chayieha shel Ha-Isha Ha-Yehudiyah Be-‘Arey Marokko [The Mezuzah Cover – A Special Artistic Ritual Object in the Life of the Jewish Woman in the Moroccan Cities]” Dameta leTamar: Studies in Honor of Tamar Alexander, ed. Eliezer Papo et al., vol. 2, Beer-Sheva: Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture, 2015, pp. 575-600.
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