Timeline for Would the President of the United States have to put mezuzot on the doors of the White House?
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| S Sep 18, 2019 at 1:01 | history | bounty ended | CommunityBot | ||
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| S Sep 9, 2019 at 23:23 | history | bounty started | Daniel | ||
| S Sep 9, 2019 at 23:23 | history | notice added | Daniel | Draw attention | |
| Feb 26, 2019 at 20:52 | answer | added | DrM | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 19:01 | comment | added | Daniel | @chacham not that any old rent-free house would be exempt. But I've provided a number of reasons why this particular case might be different. | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 18:55 | comment | added | chacham Nisan | Do you have reason to believe that a rent-free house would be exempt? If he lives there on a fixed basis(like four years) and it's sturdy, then he would be obligated to put mezuzot on it. | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 18:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackJudaism/status/1093570366352453632 | ||
| Feb 7, 2019 at 17:13 | comment | added | Isaac Moses♦ | Also related: judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/57565/… | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 16:25 | history | edited | Double AA♦ |
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| Feb 7, 2019 at 16:06 | comment | added | Cyn | I'm sure it varies a lot. I could see, for example, a museum with a small suite in the back for the caretaker to live in. Or an office building with apartments on the top floors. Or an oil drilling platform with 50 workers that also live there. If there are rulings for some situations I mentioned in both comments, we could figure out how the rules might apply to the occupants of the WH. The WH is a historic building with strict rules about what renovations are and aren't allowed, but putting up a mezuzah (which can be done without damaging the door frame) in and of itself should be fine. | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 16:06 | history | edited | Dr. Shmuel |
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| Feb 7, 2019 at 15:50 | comment | added | Daniel | @Cyn That is true, and it is likely that similar conditions could apply here. Although this case is likely to be somewhat distinct in that the housing in those other jobs is likely to be entirely a dwelling (such as an apartment, house, or room within a house) and in at least some of them, the person being compensated may not have the ability to control whether mezuzot are placed (e.g. a nanny living in someone's home). | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 15:49 | comment | added | DanF | ... in which case, it is the president's home & seems each room needs a mezuzah. If, however, all the rooms are public access but just the bedrooms and kitchen and specific other rooms are "owned" by the president, then, this sounds like the hotel situation. | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 15:46 | comment | added | Cyn | Housing is part of the compensation for a variety of jobs. From housekeeper or nanny to university president to Peace Corp worker or summer camp counselor. Some are short-term, some longer-term. Some are for entire houses, some for a room of one's own, some for a shared room. | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 15:44 | comment | added | DanF | I'm inclined to think that the White House has halachic rules similar to a hotel room that you would rent for a minimum of 30 days. (I think that' s the criteria for a mezuzah.) You live in the hotel room. So your room would need the mezuzah, but the other hotel rooms don't. Re the White House, I think we need to distinguish its status. Specifically - is the entire White House considered the president's home and the president controls when he wants to allow people into specific rooms such as the oval office, press rooms, public tours, etc?(cont.) | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 15:39 | comment | added | mbloch | Intriguing and +1, I wonder if the fact the President doesn't rent but is given the house as part of his role influences the outcome? | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 15:34 | history | asked | Daniel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |