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When one is going through an orthodox conversion, one is asked to keep all the mitzvoth with the exception of fully keeping the shabbos and putting Tefillin.
I was wondering if this exception also includes the mezouzot. Since one studies the shema in his home everyday. Are there any restrictions on this. I can't seem to find any halachic sources.
dinonline says that it seems it is not allowed unless in exceptional circumstances.
The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch states in סימן יא - הלכות מזוזה that a house where a non-Jew lives is exempt from a Mezuza.
בַּיִת וְכֵן חָצֵר שֶׁגַּם גּוֹי דָּר שָׁם, פָּטוּר
He also states (ibid) that if one affixed a Mezuza in a location that is exempt, and that location later becomes obligated, one has to remove and re-affix it.
מִשּׁוּם דְּבָעֵינָן תַּעֲשֶׂה וְלֹא מִן הֶעָשׂוּי
So if a soon-to-be-convert affixes Mezuzot, they will have to remember to take them down and re-affix them after the conversion.
(I didn't research this further, but it sounds like asking for trouble; this crucial step could easily be forgotten in the excitement, and then the Ger would be living without a kosher Mezuza.)
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