English
Etymology
Hebrew ����� �doorpost� (referring to Deuteronomy 6:9).
Pronunciation
IPA: /m�'zu:z�/
Noun
mezuzah
- Judaism a piece of parchment inscribed with Pentateuchal texts and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house, in accordance with Jewish law that says that �the Jews must remember the Tenth Plague and the blood on the doorposts.�
#:*1973: Slothrop gives him the mandala. He hopes it will work like the mantra that Enzian told him once, mba-kayere (I am passed over), mba-kayere�a spell against Marvy tonight, against Tchitcherine. A mezuzah. Safe passage through a bad night � Thomas Pynchon, Gravity�s Rainbow
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