Example of personal and dependent exemptions. For a married couple with three children, the total exemption deduction for 2014 is $19,750 ($3,950 x 5). If the marginal income tax rate for this family is 25 percent, the five exemptions save $4,875 in taxes. Deduction for college tuition expenses. 2  This deduction is available to you regardless of whether you itemize your deductions. 3  The maximum deduction is $4,000. 4  The maximum deduction drops to $2,000 and then disappears completely as income rises.
A mezuzah (Hebrew: ×Ö°××Ö¼×Ö¸× â doorpost; plural: ×Ö°××Ö¼××Ö¹×ª mezuzot) is a piece of parchment (often contained in a decorative case) inscribed with specified Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21).ezuzah affixed to a door frame on South Street in Philadelphia. Where the doorway is wide enough, Ashkenazi Jews tilt the mezuzah so that the top slants toward the room into which the door opens.
Matzo, matza or matzah (Hebrew: ×Ö·×¦Ö¸Ö¼× â; plural matzot; matzos, matzus of Ashkenazi Hebrew dialect) is an unleavened bread traditionally eaten by Jews during the Passover festival, when chametz (bread and other food made with leaven) is forbidden according to Jewish religious law.â¯Exodus 12:8 From the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day, you are to eat matzah. ââ¯Exodus 12:18 You are not to eat any chametz with it; for seven days you are to eat with it matzah, the bread of affliction; for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste.