The Placement of the Mezuzah
On which side of the door should the mezuzah be placed? A mezuzah is placed on the right side of the doorway as one enters the room. We are commanded U’Ktavtam Al Mezuzot Beitecha, “you shall write it on the doorposts of the home” (Deut. 6:9). The Talmud (Menachos 34a) derives the word biascha which means “to come in” from the word beisecha and teaches that a mezuzah should be on the side of the door at which one begins to move. The Talmud assumes that people generally move f