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Rabbeinu Gershom ben Judah

Also called Me’or ha-Golah. Medieval French rabbi (b. 960, d. 1040) at the turn of the 2nd millenium CE and a student of Rabbi Judah ben Meir ha-Kohen.

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mezuza

מְזוּזָה, "doorpost", pl. מְזוּזוֹת, mezuzot. Refers specifically to the parchment inscribed with the Shema, affixed to the doorpost of a house. Halakha…