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Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 287
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<b>איזו פתח חייב במזוזה. ובו ב' סעיפים:</b><br>אין הפתח חייב במזוזה אלא אם כן יש לו שתי מזוזות ומשקוף:
What doorway needs a mezuzah? A doorway does not require a mezuzah unless it has two doorposts and a lintel.
בית שיש לו מזוזה מכאן ומכאן וכיפה כמין קשת על שתי המזוזות במקום המשקוף אם יש בגובה המזוזות י' טפחים או יותר חייב ואם אין בו י' טפחים פטור מפני שאין לו משקוף : הגה וכל שכן פתח שאין לו גובה עשרה טפחים דפטור ממזוזה (כ"מ בטור ופוסקים עב"י) המנהג נתפשט במדינות אלו דרוב עולם סומכין על מזוזה אחת שעושין על פתח בתיהם ואינו נכון ואין להם על מה שיסמוכו לכן כל ירא שמים יתקן ביתו כדינו בכל הפתחי' החייבים וכמו שנתבאר (מהרי"ל בתשובה ובהל' מזוזה):
A house which has a doorpost here and a doorpost there, and on top there is a bow-shaped covering in the place of the lintel, if the doorposts are 10 tefachim or more high, then it requires a mezuzah, and if it is not 10 tefachim high, it is exempt [from requiring a mezuzah] since it does not have a lintel. Rema: And all the more so a door that is not 10 tefachim high is exempt from the requirement of mezuzah. The practice which is widespread in these areas is that most of the world relies on a single mezuzah that they place on the door to their houses and this is incorrect, and they have nothing [no legal source] to rely on for this. Therefore, every G-d fearing person should fix his house according to the law [so that there will be mezuzot] on all of the doors that require [mezuzot], as was explained.
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