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A single sheet of steel is cut and all living spaces—bedrooms, kitchens, and common OUR MEZUZAH SCROLLS pressed to create both a cover and rooms. (Skip placing it on the doorpost of a bathroom or a closet.) When passing a room, some touch the holder for a glass vial containing mezuzah with their right hand fingertips and then kiss Handwritten in Israel by a the mezuzah’s scroll. The steel their hand, to highlight its significance. female soferet. and glass mezuzah is quiet and While it’s common to see a mezuzah slanted with architectural in nature, making it MATERIALS: its head tipping towards the room being entered, (k’laf) a harmonious part of our most ancient scholars were split over if the placing should CARE INSTRUCTIONS: important spaces. be vertical or horizontal. Eventually it was placed at Store within your mezuzah. Delicate. a slant as a compromise, although some Sephardic MATERIALS: may place a mezuzah upright. In other words, While a klaf’s inscription is traditionally handwritten Steel & borosilicate glass. UV resistant. to each their own. by a male scribe (), Via Maris sources their CARE INSTRUCTIONS: scrolls from Stam Scribes, a progressive international Wipe with damp cloth. women’s collective of soferets. These female scribes specialize in calligraphy for and also inscribe For centuries Jews have attached a mezuzah scrolls for , megillas, and . The founding (“doorpost” in Hebrew) to the outside of their doors. member of Stam Scribes is credited as the first woman Although intended as a means of protecting the to openly write a complete scroll in 2007. household, the mezuzah isn’t an or talisman. Instead, the mezuzah guards with a piece of Sacred texts’ calligraphy is painstaking and parchment referred to as a klaf that’s stored inside each letter of the religious item must be carefully its narrow, rectangular form. On the klaf are two transcribed (a Torah can take up to 18 months to paragraphs from the Torah that outline the basic inscribe, and a kiaf takes roughly over three hours beliefs of Judaism, including the prayer Shema Yisrael for someone to complete). (“Hear, O Israel”) and the commandment to affix the mezuzah. These words serve as a reminder that While in previous generations female scribes had to God always surrounds us. write in secret, it’s becoming more accepted for sofrets to be open about their contributions to Judiasim. We There are traditions to follow in the placing of the proudly support these women and their exquisite work. mezuzah. First things first: Mount the mezuzah a third of the way down from the top of the doorpost while reciting the blessing. The mezuzah can be placed on INSTRUCTIONS

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Scroll Tube Clip

Command Body Screw (x2) Strip

1. INSERT SCROLL 3. ATTACH THE CLIP

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0.75”

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OPTION 1: SCREWS OPTION 2: TAPE For wooden door frames, Recommended for all we recommend drilling 1/16” other materials, simply pilot holes 1” deep peel and stick

2. INSERT TUBE INTO BODY 4. ATTACH MEZUZAH TO BRACKET

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