2007-03-10 10:37:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
IT is called a Mezuzah, but it is not for luck, it is to fulfill the commandment of putting the words of Torah on your gates so you may contemplate them upon leaving and entering your home. Many Jews do treat it as sort of a good luck charm but that is incorrect.
Inside the mezuzah is a piece of parchment that contains versus from the Torah written in Hebrew.
2007-03-10 10:44:39 · answer #1 · answered by abcdefghijk 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Jewish Thing On Door
2016-12-15 09:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jewish Door Thing
2016-10-02 02:35:49 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What is the Jewish door thing called that brings you good luck as you pass by it?
2015-08-04 05:32:01 · answer #4 · answered by Gustav 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a mezzuzah, and it contains the words from Deuteronomy 11, 13 (on a scroll).
It is not a good luck charm. It is a reminder of God's presence and commandments.
2007-03-10 10:43:54 · answer #5 · answered by Kallan 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It is a mezuzah, and it has nothing to do with good luck.
The mezuzah is the scroll inside the decorative box (the container it is in can be anything) and by affixing one, we are keeping the mitzvah to "affix G-d's words to our doorposts." It is to remind us of G-d's presence every time we exit or enter the home. There is one on every door in a Jewish home except for the one to the bathroom. When entering or leaving a room, we kiss our fingers and then touch the mezuzah to show respect to G-d. It is to remind us of G-d and also to serve as a marker for G-d's presence. The rabbis tell us this story:
Once a king decided to decree that all should bow down and worship him, and when he found that the Jews in the town would not bow down he decided to have him executed. He sent his soldiers to arrest the rabbi first. The soldiers arrived at the rabbis house and, noticing the mezuzah on his door, asked him what it was. He calmly said "your king sits on the inside and lets you guard him on the outside, while my King," --he kissed his fingers and touched the mezuzah--"guards me on the outside while I sit on the inside." Hearing this the soldiers would not arrest him and instead decided they would rather have the rabbis king as their leader, so they converted.
Peace
2007-03-10 11:48:15 · answer #6 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Its called a mezzuzah and it is NOT a good luck charm but a fulfillment of a Biblical commandment.
2007-03-11 04:01:04 · answer #7 · answered by BMCR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are referring to a Mezuzah, I wonder why you think of it as a "good luck charm".. It's not a bout good luck, it is about having a sign on your doorposts, as is written in the Bible..
2007-03-10 11:02:16 · answer #8 · answered by XX 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I at this moment can not remember the exact name. However. It is to protect the house from evil! not to give people walking past it good luck. It has a part of their holey scriptures rolled up inside of it. Apparently it is to protect the entry from evil so that nothing evil might pass it and enter the house.
It does not work. I was married to a Jewish woman and she had one of those things posted up. Ask her how effective it was. Divorces can be cruel.
Yes YES yes Mezuza.
They have the name right!
yes
2007-03-10 10:46:03 · answer #9 · answered by U-98 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Mezuzah
To keep commandment of affixing the word to your doorposts.
In it is a scroll from Deuteronomy.
Not for luck, to acknowledge G-d in your home and keep His word.
Baruch,
David
2007-03-10 10:46:06 · answer #10 · answered by David T 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋