Mezuzah

Mezuzah?is a small box that is placed on the right doorpost of Jewish homes. Inside the box is a parchment scroll with verses from the?Torah?inscribed on it, including the?Shema?prayer.The box that holds the scroll can be decorated in a variety of ways, and often has a Hebrew letter shin on it, which is the first letter of one of God?s names, Shaddai.