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A Mezuzah in an Entrance Without a Clearly Defined Lintel

Question

Does a place that has the form of a doorway but no clearly defined lintel require a mezuzah?
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Answer

Shalom u’vracha 

One should be stringent and affix a mezuzah, but without reciting a blessing.

Answered 27 May 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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