[Avodah] The Protection Offered by a Mezuza

[Lisa Liel]

On 12/24/2017 12:38 PM, Prof. Levine via Avodah wrote:
> At 06:58 PM 12/23/2017, Harav Baruch Gigi wrote:
...
> The mezuzah is not an amulet; in and of itself, it does not protect the
> house. Only insofar as they shape their lives in accordance with the mezuzah's
> content can the people within the house expect help and protection...

I know a mezuzah isn't an amulet, but when my apartment burned down back 
in the 90s, the fire burned through two sides of the apartment and 
jumped over my room only, which was the only one with a mezuzah.  I'm 
not saying it couldn't be a coincidence, I'm just saying that I didn't 
take it that way.

Lisa