It should go about 2 3 of the way up the doorpost and be affixed diagonally with the top of the mezuzah slanting in towards the house or the entrance of.
Mezuzah on doorway.
Ashkenazim place the mezuzah at a slant toward the main room.
A mezuzah is affixed to every doorway in your home or office that leads into a proper room except for the bathroom.
Place the mezuzah on the upper one third of the doorpost.
This includes vestibules hallways large walk in closets etc.
If these conditions do not exist a competent rabbi should be consulted to determine whether or not that entryway requires a mezuzah.
It should be affixed to the doorpost on the right hand side of a person entering the room.
Any enclosed space that s at least 6 5 ft.
Jews with spanish and middle eastern ancestry sephardim place the.
Where the doorway is wide enough many ashkenazi jews tilt the mezuzah so that the top slants toward the room into which the door opens.
Any room that has two doorposts and an overhead lintel requires a mezuzah so one should check with a rabbi.
A mezuzah should be fixed to the doorpost of ever living space in the house not just the entrance door.
A doorway that requires a mezuzah is only one that that has two doorposts and a lintel connecting the doorposts on top.
This is done to accommodate the variant opinions of rashi and of his grandson rabbeinu tam as to whether it should be placed vertically rashi or horizontally rabbeinu tam and also to imply that god and the torah which the mezuzah symbolizes are.
If there are several doorways leading into a room each doorway requires its own.
What qualifies as a room.