[Avodah] A Lefty's Mezuzah

Zev Sero via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Sun Jul 16 08:25:49 PDT 2017


On 15/07/17 22:24, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> Why doesn't anyone discuss whether "yemin" means the right side when the
> baal habayis is a lefty hanging a mezuzah for his own hom?
> 
> Or to be less pretencious:*Does*  anyone discuss if a lefty should hang his
> mezuzos on the other side?

I wouldn't expect it, because I don't see any sevara to differentiate 
between houses based on who the owner is.   Mezuzah is (lich'orah) a 
chovas cheftza, and the house is not left-handed!

(See http://tinyurl.com/y9btfa9c , who cites R Chaim Brisker, Stencil #3)


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Zev Sero                May 2017, with its *nine* days of Chanukah,
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