Mezuzah in Offices and Schools

Mezuzos in Offices and Schools

An office requires a mezuzah, which should be affixed without a brachah. The law of arvus (our responsibility to see to it that other Jews perform mitzvos) dictates that if the boss is Jewish we should encourage him to put up mezuzos on all the doorways throughout the office. However, if he chooses not to, we should at least affix a mezuzah to the room or cubicle we work in.

Although business is no longer conducted in the marketplace as in days gone by, but rather in offices and stores which are permanent structures—and in addition, they fall under the category of beis ha’otzros (storage rooms), which require mezuzos—the halachah remains the same: since they aren’t intended for occupancy around the clock by day and by night, mezuzos are affixed without a brachah. 

Similarly, while schools, yeshivos, and batei midrash are required to have mezuzos, affixing them is usually done without a brachah, since people don’t normally spend the night there. However, the mezuzos in a yeshivah and beis hamidrash which house a dormitory—and according to some poskim, a dining room qualifies as a residence as well—should be affixed with a brachah. Therefore, mezuzos should first be affixed to the actual rooms of residence with a brachah while having the mezuzos for the rest of the building in mind, and then mezuzos can be affixed to the beis midrash proper. #464

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Practical Halacha: One minute a day. By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, Mara D'asra and member of the Badatz of Crown Heights.