. Jewish ceremonial institutions and customs. post, and secondarily signifying ob-ject fixed to door post. It is always attachedin a slanting position. The tube or case con-tains a small parchment scroll, made of theskin of a clean animal. The rules governingthe writing of the paragraphs in the Mezuzahare the same as those to be observed in thewriting of the scrolls and phylacteries. Thepassages contained in the Mezuzah are: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord isone. And thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with allthy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words whic
. Jewish ceremonial institutions and customs. post, and secondarily signifying ob-ject fixed to door post. It is always attachedin a slanting position. The tube or case con-tains a small parchment scroll, made of theskin of a clean animal. The rules governingthe writing of the paragraphs in the Mezuzahare the same as those to be observed in thewriting of the scrolls and phylacteries. Thepassages contained in the Mezuzah are: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord isone. And thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with allthy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words which I command thee, this dayshall be in thy heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thychildren, speaking of them when thou sittest in thyhouse, when thou walkest by the way, when thouliest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy handand they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thehouse and upon thy gates. a The second section reads : 2 Deut. 6: 1 Mezuzoth 2 Mozuzah Scroll Customs in the Home 109 And it shall come to pass if ye shall hearken dili-gently unto my commandments, which I commandyou this day, to love the Lord, your God, and toserve him with all your heart, and with all your soul, That I will give you the rain of your land in itsdue season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thoumayest gather in thy corn and thy wine and thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle,that thou mayest eat and be satisfied. Take heed that your heart be not deceived and yeturn aside and serve other gods, and worship them: And then the Lords wrath be kindled against youand he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain andthat the land yield not her fruit, and lest ye perishquickly from off the good land which the Lord givethyou. Therefore shall ye lay up these, my words, in yourheart, and in your soul, and bind them for a signupon your hand that they may be as frontlets b
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