“On the Moon”? A Shocking Error in a Mezuzah Scroll

𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚 M𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐳𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 — 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥… 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐄𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐳𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 That’s not a joke or metaphor. In the mezuzah shown above, the sofer (scribe) mistakenly wrote: “על הירח” (al hayareach – “on […]

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