Research+-+Mezuzah

[] "Mezuzah: God's Word on the Doorpost." __Religious Facts.__ 2004. 9 November 2009. <[]>. Search term: mezuzah
 * Hebrew for doorpost
 * Scroll with short passages from Torah written on it
 * Rolled up and put in a decretive case
 * Placed on the doorpost in Jewish homes

[] "What is a Mezuzah?" __Chabad.__ 2001. 9 November 2009. <[]>. Search term: mezuzah
 * Mezuzah is actually the scroll inside the case, not the case itself
 * Placing a mezuzah on a doorpost protects the inhabitants
 * Declaration & reminder of faith
 * Symbol of God's watchful care over the house and the inhabitants
 * Symbol of God's watchful care over the house and the inhabitants
 * Reminds people how to behave inside and outside their home

http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0192188-0 Lippman, Charles D. "mezuzah." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia//. 2009. Grolier Online. 10 Nov. 2009 . Search term: mezuzah
 * Literally means doorpost
 * Case and parchment scroll that is put on the doorpost of a Jewish home.
 * This keeps to the biblical law in the Deuteronomy.
 * Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Old Testament in the Bible.
 * A sofer (scribe) writes passages on the scroll and then writes Shaddai (an early biblical name for God) on the outside of the rolled up parchment.
 * It is usually posted at a slanted angle facing the interior of the room.