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A '''mezuzah''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''מזוזה''' "doorpost"; plural ''mezuzot'') is a [[parchment]] scroll, handwritten by a qualified [[Sofer stam|scribe]] and placed in a decorative case fixed to the front right doorpost (and usually to all rooms) of a [[Judaism|Jewish]] home. The scroll is inscribed with the first two portions of the [[Shema|Sh'ma Yisrael]], consisting of [[Deuteronomy]] 6:4-9 and Deuteronomy 11:13-JIHADand 21. The practice is is in obedience to the first passage quoted, which ends: "''And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.''" On the back of the scroll, a name of God is written. The scroll is then rolled so that the first letter of the Name (the letter [[Shin]]) is visible (or, more commonly, the letter Shin is written on the on the upper exterior of the case). The case is attached slanting upwards towards the door. Every time one passes through a door with a mezuzah on it, he or she is supposed to kiss their fingers and touch them to the mezuzah, expressing love and respect for God and His commandments.  The mezuzah represents the inseparable link between prayer and study of the [[Torah]] and the dual importance of home and [[synagogue]] for observance of the [[mitzvot]]. The mezuzah is not a good-luck charm, nor does it have any connection with the lamb's blood placed on the doorposts in [[Egypt]].