Question: The doorway between my dining room and kitchen does not have a door. However, there is a curtain for privacy. Do I make a bracha when putting up…
Question: The doorway between my dining room and kitchen does not have a door. However, there is a curtain for privacy. Do I make a bracha when putting up…
Question: I rent the second floor of a house from a yid. Under the steps leading to the second floor (our living quarters) is a room/space with a proper…
A room used to live in or for storage requires a mezuzah. This includes both a storage room and a garage. However, the room must contain an area that…
It's a common misconception that it is sufficient to have a mezuzah on the front door of the house, or perhaps that this mezuzah is somehow more important than the mezuzos inside the house. In…
If the foyer is less than 4x4 Amos, no. If the foyer is 4 x 4 Amos, yes, since it has another function to be used as a room…
No, unless it will be up for more than 30 days, and you can enter through the door into a regular building. Even then, it should be without a…
According to many opinions, a mezuzah should be placed, as long as the mezuzah will not come to be disgraced. No bracha should be recited. Sources: ראה דעת קדושים…
Question: We are traveling upstate to stay in a bungalow house. I expect us to stay there for 1-2 weeks, and we might do this a few times this…
Question: I have a door that leads to a back staircase which I do not want to use for various reasons, do I need to put a Mezuza there?…
Question: I designated a room in the building to be a bathroom. But we won't be doing the job for a few moths or a year. In the meantime…
No. Sources: כ״פ בשו״ת משנה שכיר יו״ד ריד, לפי שמיועד לעבירה, ודמיא לבית הכסא. והרי הטעם שביהכ״ס פטור שאינו כבוד שמים לקבוע שם מזוזה - רש״י יומא יא,…
Question: We moved into a new house but the basement is not ready and we are not using it yet. Do we need to put up mezuzos in the…
Question: A member of my community is an owner of a large business with numerous offices in many different buildings across the city. some offices are out of the…
Question: My neighbor has a garage that does not have a roof anymore. There are 3 and 3/4 walls. A piece of wood goes across the entire 3/4 wall.…
If yes, does it need to be on every door there or just on the main (side) entrance? Or, alternatively, should he just have a Mezuzah inside the RV…
Question: One of my mekuravim sends her boys to their non-Jewish father on weekends. She is asking if she should put up mezuzahs on the doorposts of the father's…
On the archway (not on the pillars). On the right side coming from the street, Within the first Tefach from the outside. It should be placed on the bottom…
According to Halacha, the Biblical obligation to affix a mezuzah applies only to someone who both owns and resides in the property. A landlord who does not live on…
When renting a house or apartment in Chutz La׳aretz (outside of Eretz Yisroel), one is not obligated in the Mitzvah of Mezuzah until 30 days have passed. However, it has become the custom…
I am assuming the house is not completely boarded up but rather has an entryway to get in and out. The need for Mezuzos on such a house depends…
Assuming that the trucks actually go often through the doorway and are not just parked on the outside for loading, and the drivers are Jewish, the doorway needs a…
Questions: 1. In a house that is owned by an intermarried couple, I know that no Bracha is said for a Mezuza on the front door. But what about…
The Jewish employees who have their own offices, should put up a Mezuza without a Bracha. For the other offices, one should not put up Mezuzos. One should also…
The room requires a Mezuzah regardless, even if food wasn’t stored there. Sources: ראה הנסמן באגור באהליך לב, מז. שכל טוב רפו, קז. פתחי מזוזות רפו, לט. שערי המזוזה…
Do I make a Brachah when putting up a Mezuzah on a public property, like a school building? or a store? No. Read on for more details. Article: Mezuzos…
