## Menachot Daf 33b

###### Menachot 33b:1
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וּמַאי תְּחִילַּת שְׁלִישׁ הָעֶלְיוֹן דְּקָא אָמַר? לְהַרְחִיקָהּ (שֶׁלֹּא לְהַרְחִיקָהּ מִן הַקּוֹרָה שֶׁל מַעְלָה יוֹתֵר מִשְּׁלִישׁ).

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and what** is the meaning of the phrase: **The beginning of the upper third** of the entrance, **that** Shmuel **says?** This is referring **to** the maximum **distancing of** the *mezuza* from the doorframe, i.e., **that one should not distance it from the upper** cross **beam more than one-third** of the height of the entrance.


###### Menachot 33b:2
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אָמַר רָבָא: מִצְוָה לְהַנִּיחָהּ בְּטֶפַח הַסָּמוּךְ לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים. מַאי טַעְמָא? רַבָּנַן אָמְרִי: כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּפְגַּע בַּמְּזוּזָה מִיָּד. רַב חֲנִינָא מִסּוּרָא אוֹמֵר: כִּי הֵיכִי דְּתִינְטְרֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rava says:** It is **a mitzva to place** the *mezuza* **in the handbreadth adjacent to the public domain.** The Gemara asks: **What is the reason** for this? **The Rabbis say** that it is **in order that one encounter the *mezuza* immediately** upon one’s entrance to the house. **Rav Ḥanina from Sura says:** It is **in order that** the *mezuza* **protect** the entire house, by placing it as far outside as one can.


###### Menachot 33b:3
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אָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא: בּוֹא וּרְאֵה שֶׁלֹּא כְּמִדַּת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִדַּת בָּשָׂר וְדָם, מִדַּת בָּשָׂר וָדָם – מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב מִבִּפְנִים וְעַם מְשַׁמְּרִין אוֹתוֹ מִבַּחוּץ, מִדַּת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֵינוֹ כֵּן, עֲבָדָיו יוֹשְׁבִין מִבִּפְנִים וְהוּא מְשַׁמְּרָן מִבַּחוּץ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״ה׳ שׁוֹמְרֶךָ ה׳ צִלְּךָ עַל יַד יְמִינֶךָ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara adds: **Rabbi Ḥanina says: Come and see that the attribute of flesh and blood is not like the attribute of the Holy One, Blessed be He. The attribute of flesh and blood** is that **a king sits inside** his palace, **and** the **people protect him from the outside,** whereas with regard to **the attribute of the Holy One, Blessed be He,** it is **not so.** Rather, **His servants,** the Jewish people, **sit inside** their homes, **and He protects them from the outside. As it is stated: “The Lord is your keeper, the Lord is your shade upon your right hand”** (Psalms 121:5).


###### Menachot 33b:4
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דָּרֵשׁ רַב יוֹסֵף בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרָבָא: הֶעֱמִיק לָהּ טֶפַח – פְּסוּלָה. לֵימָא מְסַיְּיעָא לֵיהּ: הַנִּיחָה בְּפַצִּין, אוֹ שֶׁטָּלָה עָלֶיהָ מַלְבֵּן, אִם יֵשׁ שָׁם טֶפַח – צָרִיךְ מְזוּזָה אַחֶרֶת, אִם לָאו – אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ מְזוּזָה אַחֶרֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Yosef, son of Rava, taught in the name of Rava:** If one **dug one handbreadth deep** into the doorpost and placed a *mezuza* there, it is **unfit.** The Gemara suggests: **Let us say** that the following *baraita* **supports his** ruling: In a case where one **affixed** a *mezuza* deep **in the wooden doorpost** of an entrance, **or** after placing it in the entrance one **added [*tala*]** an inner **framework [*malben*] to it** that covers the doorpost, **if there is** a depth of **one handbreadth there,** one **requires another *mezuza*,** but **if not,** one **does not require another *mezuza*.**


###### Menachot 33b:5
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כִּי תַּנְיָא הָהִיא, בְּפֶתַח שֶׁאֲחוֹרֵי הַדֶּלֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara deflects the support: **When that** *baraita* **is taught,** it is referring **to an entrance that is behind the door,** i.e., there is another entrance on the other side of the framework, which serves for both entrances. The *baraita* is teaching that if the framework is one handbreadth thick, then each side is considered a separate entrance, and each requires its own *mezuza*.


###### Menachot 33b:6
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הָא בְּהֶדְיָא קָתָנֵי לַהּ: פֶּתַח שֶׁאֲחוֹרֵי הַדֶּלֶת, אִם יֵשׁ שָׁם טֶפַח – צָרִיךְ מְזוּזָה אַחֶרֶת, וְאִם לָאו – אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ מְזוּזָה אַחֶרֶת! כֵּיצַד קָתָנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara raises a difficulty: But the same *baraita* **teaches explicitly** this ruling of the case of another entrance: With regard to **an entrance that is behind the door, if there is** a depth of **one handbreadth there,** one **requires another *mezuza*, but if not,** one **does not require another *mezuza*.** The Gemara explains: This clause of the *baraita* is **teaching which** case is the subject of the previous clause, i.e., the *baraita* does not state two *halakhot* but only one, which it explains as it proceeds: In what case is it taught that if there is a depth of a handbreadth there, one requires another *mezuza*? It is taught in the case of an entrance that is behind the door.


###### Menachot 33b:7
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תָּנָא: הֶעֱמִיד לָהּ מַלְבֵּן שֶׁל קָנִים, חוֹתֵךְ שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת וּמַנִּיחָהּ. אָמַר רַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא: לֹא שָׁנוּ אֶלָּא שֶׁהֶעֱמִיד וּלְבַסּוֹף חָתַךְ וְהִנִּיחָהּ, אֲבָל חָתַךְ וְהִנִּיחַ וּלְבַסּוֹף הֶעֱמִיד – פְּסוּלָה, ״תַּעֲשֶׂה״ וְלֹא מִן הֶעָשׂוּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ It is **taught** in a *baraita* with regard to the affixing of a *mezuza*: If one **positions** a *mezuza* in an entrance which was **a framework of reeds,** to which one cannot affix the *mezuza* with nails, he **carves** a kind of **tube** from the reed on the right side **and places** the *mezuza* in that tube. **Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, says: They taught** that one may affix the *mezuza* in this manner **only** in a case **where one positioned** the framework in its place first, **and ultimately carved** a tube **and** then **placed** the *mezuza* in **it. But** if before positioning the framework one **carved** a tube **and placed** the *mezuza* in it, **and ultimately positioned** the framework, the *mezuza* is **unfit.** This in accordance with the principle stated with regard to objects used for mitzvot: **Prepare** it, **and not from what has already been prepared.** In this case he affixed the *mezuza* before the obligation took effect with regard to the framework.


###### Menachot 33b:8
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וְאָמַר רָבָא: הָנֵי פִּיתְחֵי שִׁימָאֵי פְּטוּרִין מִן הַמְּזוּזָה. מַאי פִּיתְחֵי שִׁימָאֵי? פְּלִיגִי בַּהּ רַב רִיחוּמִי וְאַבָּא יוֹסֵי, חַד אָמַר: דְּלֵית לְהוּ תִּקְרָה, וְחַד אָמַר: דְּלֵית לְהוּ שְׁקוֹפֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rava says:** With regard to **these broken entrances [*pitḥei shima’ei*],** which lack the proper form of doorways, one is **exempt from the** obligation of placing **a *mezuza*.** The Gemara asks: **What are broken entrances? Rav Riḥumi and Abba Yosei disagree with regard to this. One says that they do not have** a proper **ceiling, and one says that they do not have lintels [*shakofei*]** above the openings.


###### Menachot 33b:9
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אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר שֵׁילָא, אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: אַכְסַדְרָה פְּטוּרָה מִן הַמְּזוּזָה, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין לָהּ פַּצִּימִין. הָא יֵשׁ לָהּ פַּצִּימִין חַיָּיב? לְחִיזּוּק תִּקְרָה הוּא דַּעֲבִידִי!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabba bar Sheila says** that **Rav Ḥisda says:** With regard to **a portico,** i.e., a structure at the entrance to a house that is entirely open on its front side, one is **exempt from the** obligation of placing **a *mezuza*, because it does not have doorposts [*patzimin*]** on its sides. The Gemara questions this reason: This indicates **that** if **it has doorposts,** one would be **obligated** to place a *mezuza*. But that is not logical, as these doorposts are not there to serve as an entrance; rather, **they are made to strengthen the ceiling.** In that case, why should one be obligated?


###### Menachot 33b:10
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הָכִי קָאָמַר: אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ פַּצִּימִין – פְּטוּרָה, שֶׁאֵין עֲשׂוּיִין אֶלָּא לְחִיזּוּק לַתִּקְרָה. אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: חֲזֵינָא לְהוּ לְאִיסְפְּלִידִי דְּבֵי מָר, דְּאִית לְהוּ פַּצִּימֵי וְלֵית לְהוּ מְזוּזָתָא. קָסָבַר: לְחִיזּוּק תִּקְרָה הוּא דַּעֲבִידִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **This** is what Rav Ḥisda **is saying: Even if it has doorposts,** one is **exempt** from the obligation to place a *mezuza* there, **because they are made only to strengthen the ceiling,** not as an entrance. Similarly, **Abaye said: I saw the porticos [*le’ispelidei*] of the house of the Master,** Rabba, **that they had doorposts but they did not have *mezuzot*.** Rabba evidently **holds** that its doorposts **are made to strengthen the ceiling.**


###### Menachot 33b:11
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מֵיתִיבִי: בֵּית שַׁעַר, אַכְסַדְרָה וּמִרְפֶּסֶת – חַיָּיבִין בִּמְזוּזָה! בְּאַכְסַדְרָה דְּבֵי רַב. אַכְסַדְרָה דְּבֵי רַב כְּאִינְדְּרוֹנָא מְעַלַּיְיתָא הוּא! בְּאַכְסַדְרָה רוֹמְיָתָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** from a *baraita*: With regard to **a gatehouse, a portico, and a balcony,** one is **obligated to** place **a *mezuza*.** The Gemara answers: The *halakha* of the *baraita* is stated **with regard to** a specific type of portico, **the portico of a study hall,** which is closed on all sides, but its walls do not reach the ceiling. The Gemara raises a difficulty: **A portico of a study hall is like a full-fledged room [*inderona*],** and therefore it should not be labeled a portico with regard to the *halakhot* of *mezuza*. The Gemara answers: The *halakha* of the *baraita* is stated **with regard to a Roman portico,** which is more open than the portico of a study hall, as it is built with many windows instead of proper walls. The *baraita* is teaching that one is obligated to place a *mezuza* on this type of portico.


###### Menachot 33b:12
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אָמַר רַחֲבָה, אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה: בֵּי הַרְזִיקֵי חַיָּיב בִּשְׁתֵּי מְזוּזוֹת. מַאי בֵּי הַרְזִיקֵי? אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא סָבָא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב: בֵּית שַׁעַר הַפָּתוּחַ לְחָצֵר, וּבָתִּים פְּתוּחִין לְבֵית שַׁעַר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Raḥava says** that **Rav Yehuda says:** With regard to **a *bei harziki*,** one is **obligated to** place **two *mezuzot*.** The Gemara asks: **What** is **a *bei harziki*? Rav Pappa the Elder says in the name of Rav:** It is **a gatehouse that opens to a courtyard, and houses** also **open** directly **to** the **gatehouse.** It requires two *mezuzot*, one for the entrance from the courtyard to the gatehouse, and one for the entrance from the gatehouse to the houses.


###### Menachot 33b:13
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: בֵּית שַׁעַר הַפָּתוּחַ לְגִינָּה וּלְקִיטוֹנִית – רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: נִידּוֹן כְּקִיטוֹנִית, וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: נִידּוֹן כְּבֵית שַׁעַר. רַב וּשְׁמוּאֵל דְּאָמְרִי תַּרְוַיְיהוּ: מִגִּינָּה לְבַיִת – כּוּלֵּי עָלְמָא לָא פְּלִיגִי דְּחַיָּיב, מַאי טַעְמָא? בִּיאָה דְּבַיִת הִיא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to **a gatehouse that** has two entrances, as it **opens** both **to a garden,** which is exempt from a *mezuza*, **and to a small room [*ulekitonit*], Rabbi Yosei says: Its** halakhic **status is like** that of **a small room,** and it requires a *mezuza*, **and the Rabbis say:** Its halakhic status **is like** that of **a gatehouse,** and it does not require a *mezuza*. There is a difference of opinion among *amora’im* with regard to this dispute. **Rav and Shmuel both say:** With regard to the entrance through which one enters **from the garden to the house,** i.e., the entrance of the gatehouse to the small room, **everyone agrees** that one is **obligated** to place a *mezuza*. **What is the reason? It is** the way of **entering** the **house,** and the house requires a *mezuza*.


###### Menachot 33b:14
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כִּי פְּלִיגִי מִבַּיִת לְגִינָּה, מָר סָבַר: קִיטוֹנִית עִיקָּר, וּמָר סָבַר: גִּינָּה עִיקָּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav and Shmuel continue: **When they disagree** it is with regard to the entrance through which one enters **from** the **house to the garden,** i.e., the entrance of the gatehouse to the garden. One **Sage,** Rabbi Yosei, **holds** that the **small room** into which the gatehouse opens is the **main** area, and therefore the gatehouse, which is used for entering the small room, is considered like a regular gatehouse to a house, and all its entrances require a *mezuza*. **And** one **Sage,** the Rabbis, **hold** that the **garden** is the **main** area, and therefore this entrance does not require a *mezuza*.


###### Menachot 33b:15
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רַבָּה וְרַב יוֹסֵף דְּאָמְרִי תַּרְוַיְיהוּ: מִבַּיִת לְגִינָּה, דְּכוּלֵּי עָלְמָא לָא פְּלִיגִי דְּפָטוּר. מַאי טַעְמָא? פִּיתְחָא דְּגִינָּה הוּא. כִּי פְּלִיגִי – מִגִּינָּה לְבַיִת, מָר סָבַר: בִּיאָה דְּבַיִת הוּא, וּמָר סָבַר: כּוּלַּהּ

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Conversely, **Rabba and Rav Yosef both say:** With regard to the entrance through which one enters **from** the **house to the garden,** i.e., the entrance between the gatehouse and the garden, **everyone agrees** that one is **exempt** from placing a *mezuza*. **What is the reason? It is** the **entrance to the garden,** and the garden does not require a *mezuza*. **When they disagree** it is with regard to the entrance **from** the **garden to the house,** i.e., the entrance between the gatehouse and the small room. One **Sage,** Rabbi Yosei, **holds** that **it is** the way of **entering the house,** and the house requires a *mezuza*, **and** one **Sage,** the Rabbis, **holds** that **the entire**