Mezuzah at car dealership
This yid owns a car dealership and is very proud of his mezuzah at the entrance to his show room:
But is such a case Halachically acceptable?
How about the Bais of Uleovdo?
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ReplyDeleteAlthough mi-ikur hadin, this is not asur. It is not preferable as well.
With some people we need to know who we are dealing with before we tell them something. This fits with the axiom מוטב שיהי' שוגגים ואל תהי' מזידין
On the other hand, it's makes the fact that there is a Mezuza there more conspicuous (to us) and less apt to be vandalized (them). The Gemara speaks of utterly hiding the mezuza in an shallow hole in the doorpost, plastered over. Not much chance of it reminding us of Yichud Hashem there.
ReplyDeleteNote the wheels are touching the wall, not the actual car, so there is a gap between most of the "case" and the wall
ReplyDeleteThere are Poskim (Minchas Yitzchak 10:95) who are machmir by "hefsef avir" (air space separation) however, the main view that if the mezuzah case is connected from top and bottom it is still a kosher affixing.
DeleteIn my sefer "Mezuzah:Divine Protection and Blessing" these matters (with pictures) are dealt with in detail (pages 91-92).