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mezuzas

Variant of mezuza

noun pl. mezuzot or mezuzas

Judaism a small piece of parchment inscribed with the Shema, from Deuteronomy (6:4-9 & 11:13-21), rolled and put into a case and attached to the doorpost of the home, as commanded in the Biblical passages
also sp. mezuzah

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