Neighbors with different customs regarding a mezuzah
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Question
Shalom, Rabbi,
There is a mezuzah at the entrance to a shared lobby in which an Ashkenazi and a Sephardi live.
Which script and halachic approach enables fulfilling the obligation according to all opinions from the following:
a. Beit Yosef script, with the open and closed sections according to the opinion of the Rambam;
b. Beit Yosef script, with the open and closed sections according to the opinion of the Taz;
c. Arizal script;
d. Vellish script.
Also, what is the ruling in a case where a mezuzah in Vellish script was placed in a shared lobby for a Sephardi neighbor and an Ashkenazi neighbor who, regarding tefillin, follows the Arizal script: is there room to be lenient?
Thank you very much.
There is a mezuzah at the entrance to a shared lobby in which an Ashkenazi and a Sephardi live.
Which script and halachic approach enables fulfilling the obligation according to all opinions from the following:
a. Beit Yosef script, with the open and closed sections according to the opinion of the Rambam;
b. Beit Yosef script, with the open and closed sections according to the opinion of the Taz;
c. Arizal script;
d. Vellish script.
Also, what is the ruling in a case where a mezuzah in Vellish script was placed in a shared lobby for a Sephardi neighbor and an Ashkenazi neighbor who, regarding tefillin, follows the Arizal script: is there room to be lenient?
Thank you very much.
Answer
Shalom u’vracha!
The mezuzah with which everyone fulfills their obligation is in Beit Yosef script, with the order of the sections according to the opinion of the Taz.
In a building where an Ashkenazi lives, they should replace it with a Beit Yosef script mezuzah, with which one fulfills the mitzvah according to all opinions.
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