{"id":99068,"date":"2022-11-20T05:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T03:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=99068"},"modified":"2022-11-26T22:16:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T20:16:43","slug":"the-moving-mezuzah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/the-moving-mezuzah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moving Mezuzah"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Moving Mezuzah<\/strong><\/p>\n

On a visit to the USA, a man related a strange thing. No matter how strongly he nailed the mezuzah to the entrance of his house, it would fall down again.<\/p>\n

I offered to come and try to put it up myself. That was what I did. Then I delivered a talk in his house. Suddenly, a loud noise was heard from the direction of the front door. Sure enough, there was the newly nailed-in mezuzah, resting comfortably on the floor.<\/p>\n

I picked up the mezuzah and discovered that a piece of the wooden doorpost had gotten stuck to it. This just proved how well the mezuzah had been affixed. The matter was extremely puzzling. I put up the mezuzah once again, bonding it tightly with the doorpost. Then I continued my interrupted speech. Only a few minutes passed before the light thud of the mezuzah, now a familiar sound, came to our ears.<\/p>\n

I understood that there was a Heavenly hand knocking down the mezuzah. I turned to the master of the house and declared, \u201cYou are housing a murderer!\u201d<\/p>\n

The man turned pale and was filled with shame. He confessed that I was saying the truth. He admitted that when he was a young man in his parents\u2019 home, a burglar had crept into the house. Out of fear, he killed the burglar. He had kept the matter hidden for years, and had not even shared it with his wife.<\/p>\n

I instructed the man exactly how he should make restitution for this act and atone for his terrible deed. I added that he should fast for the duration of one week, eating only minimally in the evenings.<\/p>\n

After one week, he called to thank me for paving the path to teshuvah. Baruch Hashem, the mezuzah was affixed steadily, not moving an inch<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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