The Knesset has approved the first reading of a bill proposed by United Torah Judaism MK Yaakov Litzman, stipulating that a kosher mezuzah be affixed to the doorpost of every public building. The vote yesterday was 24 in favor, 17 against, and two abstentions. Litzman originally proposed the bill in May 2001.
A mezuzah is a parchment on which is written two cardinal passages from the Torah - the first two passages of Sh'ma from Deut. 6 and Deut. 11 - and which is then placed on doorposts, usually within a decorative case. Affixing a mezuzah is not a good-luck measure, but is rather a Torah commandment, as written in the two aforementioned passages.
A mezuzah is a parchment on which is written two cardinal passages from the Torah - the first two passages of Sh'ma from Deut. 6 and Deut. 11 - and which is then placed on doorposts, usually within a decorative case. Affixing a mezuzah is not a good-luck measure, but is rather a Torah commandment, as written in the two aforementioned passages.