Mezuzah on a Split Electric Shutter
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Question
I have an electric shutter at the exit from the house to the balcony, and in the middle, there is a post that divides the shutter into two, creating two doorframe shapes. Do I need to place two mezuzahs there?
Answer
If it is only to hold the shutter, there is no need for two mezuzahs.
Source
The Gemara Menachot 33: "Rav Chisda said, a porch is exempt from the mezuzah because it has no doorposts, if it has doorposts, they are made to support the roof? Thus he said, even if it has doorposts, it is exempt because they are made only to support the roof. And so it is ruled in the Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, laws of mezuzah, Siman 286: "A porch, which is a place with three walls and a roof, even if it has two doorposts on the fourth side, is exempt because the doorposts are made to support the roof and not for mezuzahs."
Therefore, if they are made to hold the shutter, they are not designated for the entrance, and only one mezuzah is required, not two.