Question: I had my mezuzos checked and found out that a couple of them are not the best quality. Do I recite a new beracha when replacing them with better ones?
Answer: The Aruch Hashulchan (YD 289:4) writes
that if one removes their mezuza to check it, they do not recite a new beracha
if they reaffix it that same day. However, if the mezuza was passul
and had to be replaced, one must recite a new beracha. There is a machlokes
however as to whether one recites a new beracha when replacing a kosher
mezuza with another one.
The Maharam Schick (YD 285) compares this to tzitzis. The
Rema (OC 8:12) writes that if one removed one’s tzitzis and donned a new
pair one recites a new beracha. So too, one replacing a mezuza
must recite a new beracha.
However, R’ Shimon Greenfeld (Maharshag YD 1:57) disagrees,
arguing that there is a difference between mezuza and tallis. One
who was wearing a tallis and later decided to don a second pair would
have to recite a new beracha as each pair is a separate mitzva.
However, one cannot add a second mezuza to a doorway. Rather, he
compares switching a mezuza to one blowing shofar on Rosh Hashana
who has to switch shofar in the middle, whereby one would not recite a
new beracha.
Nonetheless, R’ Avraham Dovid Wahrman (Daas Kedoshim
289:4), R’ Shraga Feivish Schneebalg (Shraga Hameir 1:39), R’ Yaakov Yeshaya
Blau (Chovas Hadar 11:14) and R’ Shmuel Wosner (Shevet Halevi 2:158:4) write
that we pasken like the Maharam Schick and recite a new beracha.
In conclusion, if one replaces one’s old mezuza with
another, one recites a new beracha.
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