close-up macro A wood mesusah on black velvet Mezuzah the Jewish symbol on a door with the hebrew letter Shin a parchment inscribed and containing with religious texts and placed inside the body of the case and fastened to the doorpost of Jewish homes as a sign of faith in God and it originated in mid 17th century from Hebrew mezuzoh which translates as doorpost and is supposed to represent the blood of lamb which protected ancient jews in egypt from the angel of death in the pass over