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May one use mezuzot with different scripts in the same house? For example can the muzuzah in one room be ashkenaz (beit yosef) and in another be sefardi (vellish)?

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related judaism.stackexchange.com/q/17381/759 –  Double AA Aug 6 '12 at 23:22
not sure if that's really related, to me this question is more along the lines of tartei d'sasrei, not of an ashkenazi person using a mitzvah item that was created along sefardishe rules –  not-allowed to change my name Aug 7 '12 at 0:35
vram, you have to assume they are kosher independently before you can ask about the tarti desatri. –  Double AA Aug 7 '12 at 3:41

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As noted in another answer of mine:


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Why the downvote? If they're good on the same klaf they should be ok in different doorways. –  Double AA Aug 7 '12 at 2:37
...and if one should preferably stick to his own custom then the same should be true for all doorways. (+1 from me.) –  msh210 Aug 7 '12 at 18:58


Halakhicly speaking it is fine. Since in the time of Hhazal there were no such cultural/ethnic divisions, no ruling (that I know of) was made on this matter.

Nor is this to be found in the earliest halakhic codifications (ie. Sepher Ha-Halakhoth of the RIF and Mishneh Torah of the RaMBaM)

It is also interesting as a side question as to what other ethnic groups like Mizrahim and Chabashim would do if they could not get mezuzoth according to their mesora and were faced with a "Ashkenazi or Sephardi" situation I assume they would take the irritating Israeli approach of "if their not from Ashkenaz their Sephardi" OR should they mix?

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−1. Not everything halacha says not to do is found in chazal. What would you answer to "Can one eat corn on Pesach?"? –  msh210 Aug 7 '12 at 6:12
BS"D It would have to be in Hhazal otherwise it wouldn't be halakha, or at least not binding halakha which in its self is a contradiction. Yes one can eat corn on peasah since there is no torah prohibition nor did a Sanhedrin rule against it BUT one does not have to for the exact same reason. –  Qoheleth Aug 7 '12 at 6:41
@msh210 I think you two are having a semantic argument about the word 'halacha'. –  Double AA Aug 7 '12 at 12:18
Exactly what i was thinking at work. –  Qoheleth Aug 8 '12 at 0:39

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