Commentary for Menachot 65:7
א"ר זירא אמר רב מתנא אמר שמואל מצוה להניחה בתחלת שליש העליון ורב הונא אמר מגביה מן הקרקע טפח ומרחיק מן הקורה טפח וכל הפתח כולו כשר למזוזה
it is invalid. But this cannot be for when R'Isaac B'Joseph came [from Palestine] he reported that all the mezuzoth in Rabbi's house were fixed in the manner of a bolt, and also that the door through which Rabbi used to enter the House of Study had no mezuzah! - This is no contradiction, for in the one case it was attached horizontally,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In which case it is invalid.');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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