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mezuza
noun(me-zu-zah)
a small parchment scroll inscribed with Deuteronomy 6:4—9 and 11:13—21 and the name Shaddai and placed in a case fixed to the doorpost by some Jewish families as a sign and reminder of their faith; also : such a scroll and its case

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