{"id":17667,"date":"2026-04-26T10:57:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=17667"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:57:35","slug":"the-correct-height-for-affixing-a-mezuzah","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/en\/faq\/the-correct-height-for-affixing-a-mezuzah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Correct Height for Affixing a Mezuzah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Within the upper third of the doorpost. This is the ruling in the Laws of <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"82\">Mezuzah<\/b> (<b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"91\">Shulchan Aruch<\/b>, Yoreh Deah, Siman 289). The source of this law is in the Talmud (Menachot 33a) in a dispute between the Amoraim. There is a disagreement between <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"252\">Maimonides<\/b> and the <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"271\">Rosh<\/b>, and <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"281\">Maran the Shulchan Aruch<\/b> ruled to be concerned for the opinion of <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"347\">Maimonides<\/b> and to affix it exactly at the beginning of the upper third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-17667","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Correct Height for Affixing a Mezuzah - Ish Tsadik<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/en\/faq\/the-correct-height-for-affixing-a-mezuzah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Correct Height for Affixing a Mezuzah - Ish Tsadik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Within the upper third of the doorpost. 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