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View all products →By Daniel Malka, Certified Sofer STaM | Updated in 2026 Does your caravan, mobile home, campervan, or RV require a Mezuzah? A Sephardic halachic answer based on the Shulchan Aruch and the rulings of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef zt”l. 📋 Table of Contents The basic principle: What is considered a home? The caravan: With or without…
A mezuzah is often the first Jewish object one notices when entering a home. It is discreet, sometimes enclosed in a very simple case, yet it contains one of Judaism’s most fundamental texts: the Shema Yisrael. It accompanies the family as they enter and leave, sleep, eat and live the ordinary moments that make up…
Is it Permitted to Purchase Tefillin with Maasser Funds? Halachic authorities, including the Levush (Chapter 249, Section 1), the Nachalat Shiva (Chapter 8), and the Shut Bet Din Shel Shlomo (Yoreh Deah, Chapter 1), have unanimously ruled that it is forbidden to use maasser (tithe) funds to purchase items or fulfill obligatory religious commandments such…
The Yalkut Yosef 285/32 states that the obligation to affix a mezuzah on a balcony depends on two specific criteria. If the balcony has a roof and a minimum area of two meters by two meters, it is mandatory to place a mezuzah on the door leading to it. However, Rav…
