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Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, wearing a dark suit and kippah, reaches up to affix a mezuzah to the doorpost of a Hatzola emergency medical service building, while a smiling woman wearing a Hatzola lanyard looks on beside him.

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis Affixes Mezuzah at New Hatzola HBS Cabin in Barnet

A rabbi wearing a black hat and suit guides Congresswoman Laura Gillen as she reaches up to affix a mezuzah to the wooden doorframe of her Garden City office, with onlookers nearby during the blessing ceremony.

Nassau County Rabbis Gather to Bless a New Mezuzah at Congresswoman Laura Gillen's Garden City Office

A pair of hands holds open a small, aged parchment mezuzah scroll inscribed with Hebrew text from the Shema prayer, its yellowed surface and hand-lettered script showing decades of wear from being carried in a wallet during the Soviet era.

The Mezuzah in His Wallet: A Soviet-Era Scroll That Never Left His Side

A beige door with a small silver door knocker, showing faint scuff marks on its surface and traces of adhesive residue on the right-side doorframe where a mezuzah was once been affixed.

A Mezuzah Torn Down, a Mezuzah Built From Missiles: Nate Leipciger's Story of Jewish Defiance

Decorative silver mezuzah case with Star of David cutout design and Hebrew letters mounted on a white apartment doorframe — representing the right to affix a mezuzah in rental housing and the religious freedom issues faced by Jewish tenants

A Landlord Said No. She Said Yes: One Woman's Fight to Keep Her Mezuzah

Busy hospital corridor with medical staff in scrubs working at stations and walking past patient beds and doorways — evoking the Soroka Medical Center scene where a mezuzah was credited with protection during an Iranian missile strike

A Mezuzah on the Door That Survived an Iranian Missile: Soroka Hospital's Ceremony of Gratitude

Side-by-side photos of Jersey City Mayor James Solomon receiving the Mezuzah Blessing Award plaque from local Jewish community leaders in front of a stained glass window, and a rabbi displaying a decorative mezuzah case at a formal presentation

Jersey City's Jewish Community Presents Mayor James Solomon With a Mezuzah Blessing Award

Close-up of a white and gold mezuzah case with the letter Shin mounted on a front doorpost next to a deadbolt lock, installed as part of Rabbi Eli Schlanger's campaign to place 100 mezuzahs in Bondi homes during Chanukah

Rabbi Eli Schlanger's Answer to Hatred Was 100 Mezuzahs. Then Chanukah Came to Bondi Beach

Split image showing a group of college students posing with a StandWithUs Campus banner at Clark University Hillel alongside a close-up of a student affixing a mezuzah to a doorpost while others record the moment

Clark University Hillel Dedicates Office to Former Hostages With Mezuzah Affixing Ceremony

A Chabad rabbi and a young Jewish man smiling together in a doorway with a newly mounted mezuzah case visible on the door frame above them

Chabad Luzern Welcomes a New Jewish Doctor to the Community With a Mezuzah Affixing

NYPD Commissioner affixing a mezuzah to a doorpost at One Police Plaza on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026, surrounded by community members and rabbis

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch Affixes Mezuzah at One Police Plaza on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Rabbis and community leaders cutting the ribbon at the Foxman Torah Institute dedication in Cherry Hill, holding mezuzah cases as they celebrate the new building's opening

Foxman Torah Institute Dedicates New Building in Cherry Hill With Mezuzah Affixing Ceremony

Deputy Minister David Muzikus outside Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers complex in Kyiv, with his official office nameplate visible on the door where a mezuzah was affixed

Ukraine's Deputy Minister Affixes Mezuzah at the Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv

Community leaders and donors cut a blue ribbon with gold scissors at the grand opening of the new JFS Dallas Steinberg Building, standing in front of the glass entrance with the Jewish Family Service of Dallas sign visible behind them

A New Campus for Dallas's Jewish Family Service Opens With a Mezuzah Hanging and Dedication

Side-by-side photos showing a man smiling at the glass front door of his oceanfront Bermuda home on the left, and a Chabad rabbi in a navy suit affixing a mezuzah to the doorpost of the same entrance on the right, with the sea visible through the glass

A New Home in Bermuda, a Mezuzah on the Door

A student reads aloud from a printed sheet during a mezuzah dedication ceremony at Moriah School in Englewood, with Morah Chaya Devora and other staff members looking on in the school library surrounded by bookshelves

Moriah School Dedicates Two Mezuzot in Memory of Morah Chaya Devora, z"l

Two men affix a silver mezuzah case to a doorpost during a mezuzah-hanging ceremony at the Israeli Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia, with a rabbi guiding the placement

A Mezuzah at the Israeli Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia: Renewal on a Street That Once Lost Everything

Rabbi Aharon Mendel, son of the Skverer Rebbe, uses a power drill to affix a mezuzah to the doorpost of Refuah Health's new Route 59 clinic in Rockland County as a group of rabbis in black hats and coats look on at the kevias mezuzah ceremony

A Blessing for Healing: Kevias Mezuzah at Refuah Health's New Route 59 Location in Rockland County

Community members and a rabbi wearing a knit kippah gather at the front doorpost of the Woodburn governor's residence in Delaware at night, affixing a mezuzah with a screwdriver as onlookers watch the kevias mezuzah ceremony

Joy and Tears at Woodburn: A Mezuzah Affixed at the Delaware Governor's Residence

Rabbi affixing a mezuzah at the entrance of the new Hummus Bar kosher restaurant on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, during the restaurant's official opening ceremony

How a Crown Heights Kosher Restaurant Made the Mezuzah Part of Opening Day

A Chabad rabbi holding a mezuzah scroll stands smiling with community members at the entrance of the Shagal Jewish Community Center near ZIL in Moscow during an evening mezuzah-hanging ceremony

A New Jewish Home Opens in Moscow's ZIL District With a Mezuzah on the Doorpost

Kvias mezuzah and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the grand opening of the Tantzers Fischl Family Center in Boro Park, Brooklyn, surrounded by community members, supporters, and local officials

A Kvias Mezuzah Opens a New Home for Boro Park Families Facing Illness

A Mezuzah and a Tree: How a Former IDF Base in Gush Etzion Became a Jewish Community

Jewish married couple standing next to a mezuzah gift after their house burned down

After a House Fire in Los Angeles, a Shul's Group Chat Produced 15 Mezuzahs in Hours

Satmar Grand Rebbe Aron Affixes Mezuzah at New Heritage Silver Super Store in Williamsburg

Satmar Grand Rebbe Aron Affixes Mezuzah at New Heritage Silver Super Store in Williamsburg

Orthodox Jewish men affixing a mezuzah to a doorway with careful attention to proper placement

Satmar Grand Rebbe Aron Affixes Mezuzah at New Meitiv Wholesale Groceries in Williamsburg

Belzer Cheder in Monsey Marks Expansion With Kevias Mezuzah Ceremony for New Trailers

Belzer Cheder in Monsey Marks Expansion With Kevias Mezuzah Ceremony for New Trailers

FAU President Adam Hasner wearing a kippah affixes a mezuzah to the doorpost of his office as a Chabad rabbi in a black hat and suit looks on, with a colorful Florida Everglades landscape painting visible in the background at the Boca Raton campus

Florida Atlantic University's First Jewish President Begins Day One With a Mezuzah

Hasidic rabbinic leaders and community members in black hats and bekeshes gather around a conference table with challah, schnapps, and refreshments at the new Yedei Chesed headquarters in Rockland County following a kevias mezuzah ceremony, with the Rockla

A Mezuzah at the Door of a New Home for Yedei Chesed in Rockland County

Rabbi Shalom Greenberg of Chabad Shanghai helping an NYU Shanghai student affix a mezuzah to his dorm room doorpost as part of Owen Roubeni's mezuzah campaign for Jewish students in China

One Student, 26 Mezuzahs, and a Jewish Network Across China

A vendor in a kippah stands behind a table displaying dozens of handcrafted olive wood and turquoise resin mezuzah cases at an outdoor Israeli market, as a father in a kippah and his children browse the colorful selection under white canopy tents on a sunl

Each Mezuzah Is Its Own World: The Land-and-Sea Art of Nadav Pollack

Close-up of an unrolled kosher mezuzah scroll on aged klaf parchment showing the handwritten Hebrew text of the Shema and V'haya paragraphs in black ink with visible tagim on the letters, resting on a wooden surface

What a Korean-American Convert Discovered When She Started Looking Closely at Mezuzot

Side-by-side photos showing a mother and child kissing a newly mounted clear mezuzah case on their doorpost on the left, and a smiling woman holding a MyZuzah welcome card with a QR code at her carved wooden front door with a mezuzah case above on the righ

When a Mezuzah Becomes a Statement: MyZuzah's Mission and the Solidarity Movement

After 21 Years, a Mezuzah Goes Back on the Doorpost in Sa-Nur, Samaria

A volunteer in a high-visibility yellow safety vest holds an aged brass mezuzah case engraved with Hebrew letters and a menorah design in both hands on a Tel Aviv street during a Chabad-led Mezuzah Week campaign

"Mezuzah Week" Brought a Spiritual Revival to Tel Aviv's Secular Heart