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Consider a cabin that has one large room with a loft extending over part of that room. A half-height wall at the front of the loft separates it from the rest of the cabin, so there is a single com...
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mezuzah
#2: Post edited
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Monica Cellio
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2021-07-16T15:07:08Z (over 3 years ago)
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- Consider a cabin that has one large room with a loft extending over part of that room. A half-height wall at the front of the loft separates it from the rest of the cabin, so there is a single common ceiling over all. (Someone standing in the loft can see someone standing in the main room.) Does this loft count as a room for the purposes of requiring a *mezuzah*, assuming there is a relevant doorway? Does it matter if the doorway is immediately outside the loft (at the head of a set of stairs) or at the bottom of the steps?
- I know that for two rooms side by side, separated by an opening (like an arch), a *mezuzah* is required -- there doesn't actually have to be a door that can be closed. I'm unsure whether a space that "shares" part of another room's space (the loft and the main room share the ceiling) is different somehow.
- Consider a cabin that has one large room with a loft extending over part of that room. A half-height wall at the front of the loft separates it from the rest of the cabin, so there is a single common ceiling over all. (Someone standing in the loft can see someone standing in the main room.) Does this loft count as a room for the purposes of requiring a *mezuzah*, assuming there is a relevant doorway? Does it matter if the doorway is immediately outside the loft (at the head of a set of stairs) or at the bottom of the steps?
- I know that for two rooms side by side, separated by an opening (like an arch), a *mezuzah* is required -- there doesn't actually have to be a door that can be closed. I'm unsure whether a space that "shares" part of another room's space (the loft and the main room share the ceiling) is different somehow.
- Here's an example. The steps to the loft are behind that doorway on the left in the back:
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#1: Initial revision
by
Monica Cellio
·
2021-06-28T01:15:27Z (over 3 years ago)
Is a loft a room for purposes of mezuzah?
Consider a cabin that has one large room with a loft extending over part of that room. A half-height wall at the front of the loft separates it from the rest of the cabin, so there is a single common ceiling over all. (Someone standing in the loft can see someone standing in the main room.) Does this loft count as a room for the purposes of requiring a *mezuzah*, assuming there is a relevant doorway? Does it matter if the doorway is immediately outside the loft (at the head of a set of stairs) or at the bottom of the steps? I know that for two rooms side by side, separated by an opening (like an arch), a *mezuzah* is required -- there doesn't actually have to be a door that can be closed. I'm unsure whether a space that "shares" part of another room's space (the loft and the main room share the ceiling) is different somehow.