Question: My Rabbi came to my house and told me that the mezuza on my back door was on the wrong side. Should I recite a new beracha when I move it?
Answer: The Gemara (Yoma 11a) teaches that one
must affix the mezuza to the right doorpost entering the house. Thus, Rambam
(Mezuza 6:12) and the Shulchan Aruch (YD 289:2) writes that if one affixed the mezuza
to the left side, they have not fulfilled the mitzva.
The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (11:3) and Aruch Hashulchan (YD
289:5) write that if one affixed the mezuza to the wrong side, one must
remove it and affix it to the right side. As there was no kosher mezuza
on the doorway, one recites a beracha when reaffixing it.
The Chayei Adam (1:15:17) writes that one does not recite a beracha
in this scenario. Nonetheless, R’ Binyamin Yehoshua Zilber (Beis Baruch
2:15:24) notes that this is based on a printing error, and the Chayei Adam also
maintained that one should recite a beracha.
In conclusion, if one placed their mezuza on the
wrong side of the doorpost, one must take it down and reaffix it on the right
side with a beracha.
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