Commentary for Yoma 22:13

Do only their [sons] need life, not the others [women and their daughters]? What then is the significance of 'Thy house'? - It is as Raba said: For Raba said: The way thou enterest [thy house], and when a man moves, he moves with the right foot first.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Read ad hoc: instead of betheka, bi'atheka, i.e., 'thy coming in' instead of 'Thy house', to infer thence that the mezuzah should be affixed on the door-post at the right hand of him who enters. In this manner, indeed, the mezuzah is affixed, in the upper third of the post.');">¹⁷</span>

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