Mezuzah on a Lowered Ceiling
Question
An open kitchen to the corridor. The opening is up to the ceiling without an upper lintel. Since a gypsum lowering was done in the corridor (including in the space of the aforementioned opening), a lintel was created, so from the kitchen side, the shape of the opening is visible, and from the corridor side, the opening is up to the ceiling. Is it required to have a mezuzah?
Answer
Shalom Rav
If there is no need for the house in the created opening, and the entire purpose of the lowering is for usage, there is no obligation for a mezuzah.
Source
As explained in Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 286, Se'if 6, regarding the pitzimin.
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