mezuzah (redirected from mezuzas)

me·zu·zah also me·zu·za  (m-zz, -z-zä)

n. pl. me·zu·zahs also me·zu·zas (-zzz) or me·zu·zot (-z-zôt)

A small piece of parchment inscribed with the biblical passages Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21 and marked with the word Shaddai, a name of the Almighty, that is rolled up in a container and affixed by many Jewish households to their door frames in conformity with Jewish law and as a sign of their faith.

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[Hebrew mzûzâ, doorpost, mezuzah; see w¹ in Semitic roots.]

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mezuzah [məˈzʊzə -ˈzuː- (Hebrew) məzʊˈzɑ (Yiddish) məˈzʊzə]

n pl -zuzahs, -zuzoth (Hebrew) [-zuˈzɔt] Judaism

1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) a piece of parchment inscribed with biblical passages and fixed to the doorpost of the rooms of a Jewish house

2. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) a metal case for such a parchment, sometimes worn as an ornament

[from Hebrew, literally: doorpost]

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mezuzah - religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law mezuza section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" Book of Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy - the fifth book of the Old Testament; contains a second statement of Mosaic law