The Doorway — Why Every Jewish Home Has a Mezuzah

On every doorpost.

'U'ketavtam al mezuzot beitecha u'vish'arecha' — 'and you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates' (Devarim 6:9). The two paragraphs of Shema, rolled into a small scroll, placed in a case, affixed with a brachah to the right side of every doorway in a Jewish home.

The Talmud teaches (Menachot 33b, in Onkelos's beautiful parable): an earthly king places his guards outside and stays safe inside; Hashem places His name on the doorposts and guards His people from outside.

Hashem stands at the entrance with us.

Chapters
0:00 A sofer writes
0:03 The scroll is rolled
0:06 Into a beautiful case
0:09 A family affixes it
0:12 Doorways through the ages
0:14 Children passing
0:17 Fingers touching, kissed
0:20 The home glows from inside
0:23 Returning home at dusk
0:26 Every Jewish door, one quiet light

Sources in pinned comment.

#Torah #Judaism #Mezuzah #Shema #JewishHome #Mitzvah #Pixar #JewishEducation #Hebrew #Inspirational #Shorts

שמע ישראל

💛 Subscribe for one new Jewish story every week — every claim is sourced in the pinned comment.

What's the part of this story you want your kids to know? Tell us in the comments. 👇

Видео The Doorway — Why Every Jewish Home Has a Mezuzah канала Midrash Tales