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The Making of a Mezuzah

JL;DR SUMMARY Rachel Schwartzberg highlights the founding of MyZuzah by Manette Mayberg, a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring every Jewish home has a kosher mezuzah, in response to a spiritual revelation following a personal accident. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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KashrutOrthodox UnionLubavitcher RebbeHalachahMezuzahSoferTorah ScrollsJewish HomesMyzuzahStam Project

Places mentioned

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"A terrible accident took place in Manette Maybergs home in Silver Spring, Maryland, several years ago."
Jerusalem, Israel
"says Rabbi Avraham Lessin, a Jerusalem-based sofer who is the director of The STaM Project."
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
"explains Rabbi Yisrael Small, a sofer and mohel based in Waterbury, Connecticut."
Texas, United States
"I was once checking the mezuzahs of a shul in Texas, he recalls."
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
"Rachel Schwartzberg is a writer and editor who lives with her family in Memphis, Tennessee."
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