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This Customer Only Had Rabainu Tam Tefillin

A customer came to me last week to check his tefillin. I opened them and discovered that he Rabainu Tam Tefillin. This means that he never put on Rashi Tefillin until he barowwed a pair from me to use while I was checking his. He had been using these since he was Bar Mitzvah (13 years old).

People often ask me if they really need to check their tefillin, especially since the halachah is that if they are kosher, and they are worn everyday, that they need not be checked. I answer them that I see so many unbelievable things when I check supposedly kosher tefillin that it is impossible for me to tell them they don’t need to check them. I tell them that after I check them I can tell them that they don’t need to be checked for a long time. Of course, I tell them that if they trust the sofer who worked on them last, they may feel comfortable not checking them, but if I don’t know that sofer, I can’t tell them to rely on him.

Many People Have Told Me You Don’t Need To Check Indoor Mezuzos These Days

I have heard many times that since the temperture is consistent in the modern houses that we live in, that it is not necessary to check mezuzos twice every seven years. I asked Reb Avraham Tzvi Wosner if there is any truth to this and he told me it is not true. He explained that there were plenty of places that the Jewish people lived in the past that had mild climates and we don’t find rabbinic sources that say that they didn’t need to check their mezuzos because of the mild climate. It also is not true that houses had only a front door and no inside rooms. There are many indications that people had houses with multiple rooms throughout history.

Eye Problems Anybody?

This mezuzah was found in the house of a person recovering from a serious eye operation. Notice that two of the threetaggim on the nun in the word עיניכם are missing. The word means ‘your eyes’. Since taggim can be added after the mezuzah is finished being written, I fixed the mezuzah and put it back up.

Where do I put the mezuzah on a tall doorway?

The halacha is to place the mezuzah at the begining of the top third of the doorway. As long as it is at least one tefach (handbreadth, about four and one half inches) from the top of the doorway it is kosher. If the doorway is very high, the mezuzah is placed at shoulder height. What is considered very high? If the mezuzah would be above the face of a normal person, the doorway is considered ‘very tall’ and the mezuzah should be placed at shoulder height. The reason for this is that mezuzos are meant to be seen, so that we remember Hashem and his torah.

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If this is the letter ‘Vov’ how can that be the letter ‘Raish’?

 

Here is a picture of a mezuzah that I was checking on a Mezuzah House Call in Monsey, NY on 4/28/10. Take a look at the last letter on the top line. While it is supposed to be a ‘vov’, the top is to long and it is taking on a characteristic of a ‘raish’. Now look at the second to last word on the bottom line. The last letter is supposed to be a ‘raish’ but the gog (roof) is so short that it looks like a ‘vov’. What is interesting here is that within the same mezuzah we have two letters that are contradicting each other. If the ‘vov’ is a ‘vov’, than the ‘raish’ can’t possibly be a ‘raish’. It is as if the top line of this mezuzah is testifing against the bottom line! The ‘vov on the top line appears to be at least as long as the ‘raish on the bottom line. In fact, depending on where you begin measuring from, the ‘vov’ on the top line is actually longer than the ‘raish’. Here’s something to think about: Which is worse? The ‘vov’ or the ‘raish’? I would venture to say that the ‘vov’ on top is worse. I have brought mezuzos with ‘raishes’ with short gagim (tops) to rabonim an they were machshir (approved) them.

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