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Definition of Mezuzahs
1. mezuzah [n] - See also: mezuzah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mezuzahs
Literary usage of Mezuzahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Americanization Studies by Allen Tibbals Burns (1922)
"After that my wife asked me to buy her a couple of mezuzahs [doorpost parchment].
Thinking that she undoubtedly means something else, I repeat her question: ..."
2. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1899)
"Said R. Jehudah: Were there not many chambers in the Temple which were dwellings,
and nevertheless were without mezuzahs ? Therefore we must say that the ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock (1879)
"... in order that the writers of the scrolls of the law, the phylacteries, and
the mezuzahs. might not grow rich, inasmuch as they were not allowed to write ..."
4. The History of the Talmud, from the Time of Its Formation, about 200 B. C by Michael Lewy Rodkinson (1903)
"Whether the gates of the Temple needed mezuzahs. Of what material was the girdle
of the high-priest made, and whether it was the same as those of the common ..."
5. Hebraic Literature: Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Maurice Henry Harris (1901)
"Twenty-four fasts were observed by the men of the Great Synagogue, in order that
the writers of the books, phylacteries, and mezuzahs might not grow rich, ..."
6. Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill (1895)
"... mezuzahs — cases or cylinders containing sacred script with the word
Shaddai (Almighty) peering out of a little glass eye at the centre. ..."
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