2929. MEZUZAH TEXT (DETAIL) ; A BIBLICAL TEXT (DEUT 6:4-9, 11:13-21) CONTAINING THE FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF ‘SHEMA’, A PRAYER PROCLAIMING A JEW’S LOYALTY TO GOD. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PERCEPT ‘…write them upon the doorposts of thy house and upon thy gates…’, THE MEZUZAH IS ATTACHED TO THE DOORPOST OF EVERY JEWISH HOME.
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