| 11:2 Also gates to courtyards, alleyways,
cities, and countries require mezuzot, as it is said: 1 ''and on your
gates.''
1) Deut. 6:9 and 11:20 |
גם שערי חצרות מבואות עיירות ומדינות חייבין במזוזה שנאמר ובשעריך |
| 11:3 It (the mezuza) must be fixed (on the doorpost) on one's right side as one enters. If it is fixed on the left, it is invalid. It must be removed, fixed on the right side, and one blesses (when correcting this error) over it. In this regard, there is no difference whether one is left-handed or not. |
צריך לקבעה בימין הנכנס ואם קבעה בשמאל פסולה וצריך להסירה ולקבעה בימין ויברך עליה ואין חילוק בזה בין איטר לאינו איטר |
| 11:4 Two (rooms or) houses each of which
possesses a doorway to a thoroughfare or to a courtyard and in the
partition between them there is also a doorway, there is a question
about this doorway, as to which side the mezuza should be placed. The
determining factor in this regard is (termed) ''know by the hinge'',
meaning (it depends) on which side are placed the hinges of the door,
since the (fact that the) door opens into it, defines the (room or)
house, and the mezuza is placed on the right side as one enters it. 1
The above applies only when both of the rooms are used equally. But if
one of (the rooms) is used primarily, the determining factor is not
considered the side on which the hinges are placed. Rather, the mezuza
is always placed on the right as one enters the room which is
principally used even if the door opens into the other room. 2
1) When a door opens up to the public thoroughfare, the way it opens is not significant and the mezuza is always placed on the right side as one enters the house. However, if there is a courtyard behind a house and the only way of entering it is from a door in the house, that courtyard is considered just like any of the rooms of the house, and the mezuza is placed on the right side as one goes out to it (Misgeret Hashulchan 2). 2) Different rules apply regarding the placement of a mezuza at the entrance to the rooms of a house when it has only one entrance to the public thoroughfare. (The fact that it has a back or side door which opens up to an enclosed yard is not significant.) The Misgeret Hashulchan (3) explains that in this instance, the determining factor is the manner in which one enters the room as one proceeds from the entrance to the house. Nevertheless, other authorities consider ''know by the hinge'' on the importance of the room's function as the determining factor. |
שני בתים אשר לכל אחד יש פתח לרשות-הרבים או לחצר ובמחיצה אשר ביניהם יש גם-כן פתח והשתא יש להסתפק בפתח זה באיזה צד יתן את המזוזה אזלינן בזה בתר היכר ציר פירוש במקום שנעשים הצירים להדלת שהדלת נפתח לתוכו זהו עיקר הבית ונותנים את המזוזה בצד ימין שנכנסים לתוכו ודוקא כששני הבתים שוים בתשמישן אבל אם אחד הוא עיקר תשמישו בזה לא אזלינן בתר היקר ציר אלא לעולם נותנין את המזוזה בצד הימין שנכנסין להבית אשר עיקר תשמישו שם ואפילו הדלת נפתח לתוך השני |
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