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Mezuzah, Shiluach HaKen, and Chadash הלכות מזוזה, שילוח הקן וחדש

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285Laws of MezuzahSiman 285 · 15 seifim
  1. 1.It is a positive commandment from the Torah to…
  2. 2.There is a sacred obligation upon everyone to purchase…
  3. 3.If one needed both tefillin and a mezuzah, and…
  4. 4.Some have the custom that when a person leaves…
  5. 5.If one has no case for the mezuzah, he…
  6. 6.If one affixed a mezuzah on the doorway without…
  7. 7.It is good and proper that a person not…
  8. 8.The mitzvah of mezuzah is an obligation of dwelling,…
  9. 9.Our custom is that on the evening one is…
  10. 10.Before affixing the mezuzah, one blesses: "Blessed are You,…
  11. 11.If one removed the mezuzot of the house and…
  12. 12.The same law applies if the mezuzah fell from…
  13. 13.According to the strict letter of the law, it…
  14. 14.Women are obligated in the mitzvah of mezuzah, as…
  15. 15.Young children who have no parents are trained/educated to…
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+Places Obligated in MezuzahPlaces Obligated in Mezuzah · 51 seifim
  1. 16.A house that has many entrances, even though he…
  2. 17.An entrance is not obligated in mezuzah unless it…
  3. 18.A ceiling that has no walls but stands on…
  4. 19.A house that has only one doorpost, where on…
  5. 20.A house that has a doorpost on this side…
  6. 21.An entrance that has only one doorpost — if…
  7. 22.An entrance whose height is not ten handbreadths is…
  8. 23.A room that does not measure four amot by…
  9. 24.If the room is narrow and long, with a…
  10. 25.A small room that does not have enough to…
  11. 26.A house that measures four amot by four amot,…
  12. 27.A house that has no doors, and has only…
  13. 28.All gateways are obligated in mezuzah — both the…
  14. 29.A bomb shelter that also serves as a storeroom…
  15. 30.A straw-house and a cattle-barn — the poskim disagree…
  16. 31.A kitchen is obligated in mezuzah whether or not…
  17. 32.Balconies and porches that are not roofed and have…
  18. 33.A house that has no ceiling is exempt from…
  19. 34.If a house had a ceiling and a mezuzah…
  20. 35.What we said, that the roofing must be adjacent…
  21. 36.Shops in marketplaces — if they are shops set…
  22. 37.The same applies to factories where workers work but…
  23. 38.Schools where people study, even though the place is…
  24. 39.The same law applies to offices, health-fund clinics, and…
  25. 40.Hospital rooms where patients relieve themselves into a vessel…
  26. 41.A mezuzah affixed at the entrance-gate of the house,…
  27. 42.A room used only for laundry — one should…
  28. 43.A bathroom, a bathhouse, and a mikveh are exempt…
  29. 44.It is obvious that if one wishes to convert…
  30. 45.In a bathroom and bathhouse that are exempt from…
  31. 46.In the waiting room before the mikveh, which is…
  32. 47.The entrance to a stairwell that has an opening…
  33. 48.If a stairwell has several entrances forming the shape…
  34. 49.A room designated for parking a car — some…
  35. 50.An elevator — some say it is not obligated…
  36. 51.A mezuzah should not be affixed at the entrance…
  37. 52.Some say that a mezuzah should not be affixed…
  38. 53.Structures for collecting garbage or other undignified matter —…
  39. 54.A cattle barn and a chicken coop that measure…
  40. 55.Automobiles, even those with an entrance ten handbreadths high,…
  41. 56.Trailers made for dwelling, such as those found in…
  42. 57.Houses on a ship are exempt from mezuzah, because…
  43. 58.An airplane or helicopter that functions as an "air-ship"…
  44. 59.A sukkah built for the mitzvah of the festival…
  45. 60.An asbestos or plastic ceiling that was removed and…
  46. 61.One who rents out his residence to a non-Jew…
  47. 62.If one affixed the mezuzah on the doorframe while…
  48. 63.A synagogue that has no residential dwelling in it…
  49. 64.Study halls, and the study halls of holy yeshivot…
  50. 65.A house of partners is obligated in mezuzah, specifically…
  51. 66.If the Jew is the owner of the residence…
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+The Place and Order of Affixing the Mezuzah, and Its BlessingThe Place and Order of Affixing the Mezuzah, and Its Blessing · 57 seifim
  1. 67.When affixing a mezuzah on the entrance, one rolls…
  2. 68.After rolling the mezuzah as above, one blesses "to…
  3. 69.Some say the mezuzah should not be wrapped in…
  4. 70.Our custom is to affix the mezuzah upright, its…
  5. 71.One must intend that "Shema Yisrael" — that is,…
  6. 72.The custom of scribes is to write the Name…
  7. 73.If angels' names were written on the outside, on…
  8. 74.One should affix the mezuzah within the space of…
  9. 75.If one affixed the mezuzah within the space of…
  10. 76.In order to determine the place for affixing the…
  11. 77.If the entrance of the courtyard gate is very…
  12. 78.If one erred and affixed the mezuzah with a…
  13. 79.One must affix it on the right side of…
  14. 80.Even though we wrote that the place for affixing…
  15. 81.When one has a room within a room, the…
  16. 82.If there is no space to affix the mezuzah…
  17. 83.How does one affix it? One nails it with…
  18. 84.A mezuzah that has no possibility of being affixed…
  19. 85.Before affixing it on the doorpost of the entrance,…
  20. 86.Even when one affixes many mezuzot on the entrances…
  21. 87.The widespread custom is to bless only on the…
  22. 88.If one affixed a mezuzah at one entrance, and…
  23. 89.A homeowner may appoint an agent to bless "to…
  24. 90.One does not bless "Shehecheyanu" when affixing a mezuzah.…
  25. 91.One who affixed a mezuzah in his home and…
  26. 92.A person is obligated to check the mezuzot of…
  27. 93.One who removed the mezuzah from the entrance of…
  28. 94.If one removed the mezuzah with the intention of…
  29. 95.If the mezuzah fell by itself from the doorpost…
  30. 96.It is permitted to take a mezuzah from one…
  31. 97.A mezuzah written in Ashkenazic script is valid also…
  32. 98.One who moves into a new residence that has…
  33. 99.One who moves his residence and takes his very…
  34. 100.When one paints the wall where the mezuzah is…
  35. 101.If the mezuzot were not removed before painting, and…
  36. 102.A mezuzah requires ruled lines (sirtut), and a mezuzah…
  37. 103.As a first preference, one should purchase a mezuzah…
  38. 104.In towns where there are pig-breeders, the residents of…
  39. 105.It is plain and clear that mezuzot made by…
  40. 106.Regarding mezuzot that have recently appeared, made using a…
  41. 107.Some say it is not permitted to hang a…
  42. 108.One should not sell a mezuzah to a non-Jew…
  43. 109.One who rents out his house to a non-Jew…
  44. 110.One who resides in a city that is mostly…
  45. 111.One who leaves the house with the intention of…
  46. 112.One from whose hand a mezuzah fell to the…
  47. 113.One who rents a house from another is obligated…
  48. 114.One who rents a house in the Land of…
  49. 115.One who rents a house outside the Land of…
  50. 116.One who buys a house outside the Land of…
  51. 117.One who rented a house in the Land of…
  52. 118.One who rents a house from a non-Jew is…
  53. 119.It is permitted to carry a mezuzah on Shabbat,…
  54. 120.Regarding a mezuzah that fell from its place on…
  55. 121.One who leaves his house and travels to another…
  56. 122.It is permitted to add the crown-like tagin (decorative…
  57. 123.A scribe who was writing mezuzot and wrote the…
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292Laws of Shiluach HaKen (Sending Away the Mother Bird)Siman 292 · 5 seifim
  1. 1.The essence of the mitzvah of shiluach ha-ken is…
  2. 2.One does not bless on this mitzvah — some…
  3. 3.One who is rushing to his work and sees…
  4. 4.If the mother is crouching over eggs not of…
  5. 5.If one took only the mother and left the…
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293Laws of Chadash (New Grain)Siman 293 · 35 seifim
  1. 1.It says in the Torah: "When you come into…
  2. 2.At the time the Beit HaMikdash stood, it was…
  3. 3.The prohibition against harvesting new grain before the time…
  4. 4.Some say it is permitted for poor Jews to…
  5. 5.It is permitted to trade in new grain, with…
  6. 6.Chadash is forbidden only for eating, but is permitted…
  7. 7.It is permitted to use chadash for healing purposes,…
  8. 8.It is permitted to carry bread made from new…
  9. 9.At the time the Beit HaMikdash stood, the residents…
  10. 10.The prohibition of chadash applies also nowadays, both to…
  11. 11.The prohibition against eating new grain applies both to…
  12. 12.One who makes a cooked dish from new grain,…
  13. 13.One who eats new grain while still attached to…
  14. 14.If new grain was cooked in a pot, and…
  15. 15.The prohibition of eating new grain applies also to…
  16. 16.If they sowed wheat, and on the sixteenth of…
  17. 17.Just as it is forbidden to eat from new…
  18. 18.Legumes are not included in the prohibition of chadash,…
  19. 19.Rice is not included in the prohibition of chadash,…
  20. 20.Durra (sorghum) is not subject to the law of…
  21. 21.In the Land of Israel, grain seeds are sown…
  22. 22.If one kneaded dough from old grain together with…
  23. 23.Just as it is forbidden to eat from wheat…
  24. 24.A Sephardi who is careful about the prohibition of…
  25. 25.Matzah or challah forbidden due to chadash should not…
  26. 26.A Sephardi who hears the blessing of HaMotzi on…
  27. 27.One who has no kezayit (olive's-bulk) of matzah except…
  28. 28.In places where the new grain is a minority,…
  29. 29.A non-Jew who makes beer from barley every year,…
  30. 30.A sealed package of flour from new grain that…
  31. 31.Outside the Land of Israel, from the season of…
  32. 32.One should not bless Shehecheyanu over bread made from…
  33. 33.One who makes dough from new grain — some…
  34. 34.A Sephardi who is not careful about the prohibition…
  35. 35.An Ashkenazi who is stringent with himself not to…
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