Torah Entrepreneur
X-Mezuzah?
Christians putting up mezuzahs on their front doors?
Not to be confused with the solidarity mezuzah.
And Jewish people are divided. Here are some sample comments:
- I’m so infuriated.
- I’m not gonna lie, this kinda irritates me.
- Who cares?? As long as they support Jewish people, I do not care. Seriously baffled by the reactions here!
- Guys, do you not realize that it’s too late for gatekeeping? Literally their entire religion is an appropriation of ours. I highly doubt it’s going to be such a trend that all Christians follow so that you wouldn’t be able to tell if it’s a Jewish mezuzah or not. If we let ourselves get offended every time something like this happens, we won’t have time or energy to do anything else. Pick your battles wisely.
- If I saw this at someone’s house, I’d leave.
- So many negative messages here. It does not bother me at all.
- According to the Gospels, Jesus’ teachings replaced the old laws of Torah. So why do Christians want to be like Jews? It makes no sense.
- A growing trend is to do stuff like this with an intention of showing solidarity. We’re free to take it as we want (I don’t agree with it), but at least they aren’t breaking out the torches and pitchforks to run us out of town.
- Don’t care. As long as they’re not using kosher mezuzah scrolls, let ’em have fun. Honestly, it’s much better than hating every single thing about us and wanting us all dead.
First question for your table: What’s your opinion? Second question: In your mind, is there any difference between the Christian mezuzah and the Messianic one?
(PS – Rabbi Tovia Singer has an opinion about this.)