me|zu|za

me|zu|zah or me|zu|za «meh ZOO zah», noun, plural -zoth «-zohth», -zahs, -za.

Judaism. a parchment scroll inserted in a small tube or box, usually of wood or metal, and attached by Orthodox Jews to the right-hand doorposts of their homes, in obedience to the Biblical injunction in Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21, both passages being inscribed on one side of the parchment.

╂[< Hebrew må doorpost]