Does a mezuza have to contain a parchment handwritten by a scribe, or is a printed scroll also acceptable? A printed scroll, in this case, is hardly worth the paper it's written on! A mezuza definitely must be written on specially prepared parchment by a trained scribe. For a fuller answer, see "The Inside Story." Is...

by Brian Silvey In the midst of a fraternity party, my Jewish spark was unexpectedly ignited. The Hebrew school I attended taught me how to read Hebrew, to say Shema, and that a mezuzah is placed on the doorways of Jewish homes. I remember one Hebrew school project when I made a mezuzah by writing the...