The traditional Kosher Mezuzah has been around for quite some time. After making it’s historic and annually-commemorated debut on the doorposts of a small, beleaguered, Egyptian-enslaved Israelite nation on the night before the Passover exodus, Kosher Mezuzah scrolls have safeguarded the spiritual, physical and material well-being of an ever-oppressed people for over 3,000 years. Through […]
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The Young Jewish Professionals of Los Angeles—a Chabad center for young adults—has launched a new Mezuzah initiative that offers kosher Mezuzah’s to those who do not yet have them for the token cost of $5. The Chabad led Mezuzah campaign calls for young Jewish professionals all over the country to affix Mezuzahs to the doorposts […]
The worlds largest Kosher Mezuzah stands 4.5 feet tall, is 10 inches wide and weighs close to 90 pounds. Affixed near the Western Wall in the holy city of Jerusalem by a local rabbi, the Mezuzah contains a Kosher scroll nearly 23 inches tall and made entirely of parchment. Featuring an exquisitely unique design inspired […]
One of my personal favorites, the Shema Polished Jerusalem Stone Mezuzah is truly an iconic work of art. The casing of natural Jerusalem stone, hand carved by expert Israeli stone masons and specially treated to recreate the weathered stone look of archeological excavation sites, evokes deep, mystical and primordial feelings of tradition, pride and solidarity. […]
A Mezuzah, like any other religious artifact or work of art, is representative of so much more than it’s mere physical form. In our case, the Mezuzahs, as well as the scribe-written parchment of ancient biblical text it contains, are of a truly sublime, even transcendental nature in any form and when these Mezuzot are […]