Extra Large Kotel Cream Jerusalem Stone Mezuzah

Cut from real Jerusalem stone and laid up in courses like the Wall itself, this nine-inch case brings a piece of the Kotel (כּוֹתֶל, Western Wall) to a doorway anywhere in the world. The stone is quarried and worked in Israel, and because it is natural limestone rather than a cast material, no two cases come out the same.

At nine inches this is a statement case, built for a doorway with the width to carry it: a front entrance, a wide hallway, a lobby, a synagogue door. On a narrow interior frame it reads as oversized, which is why we group it with the rest of our extra large mezuzahs rather than the everyday sizes. Shoppers comparing material first work through our Jerusalem stone mezuzah cases and our broader stone mezuzahs before landing here.

Extra Large Kotel Cream Jerusalem Stone Mezuzah Specs

Use the specs below to confirm scroll fit, material, measurements, mounting and recommended placement for this extra large Kotel mezuzah case.

• Origin: Made in Israel
• Scroll Fit: Fits a 4-Inch (10 cm) up to 8-Inch (20 cm) kosher mezuzah scroll
• Material: Real Jerusalem stone
• Color: Cream with natural ivory and beige variation
• Design: Coursed Kotel brickwork carved across the face
• Measurements: 9" tall by 1.5" wide / 22.8 cm by 3.8 cm
• Mounting: Affixes with extra-strong double-sided mezuzah mounting tape, included. No nails needed.
• Use: Suitable for indoor doorways and exterior doorways
• Water-resistant: Yes, when sealed properly with double-sided tape
• How to Insert Scroll: Back
• Packaging: Ships gift-box ready

Kotel Mezuzah Scroll Guidance

This case is designed to hold a kosher scroll anywhere from 4 inches (10 cm) to 8 inches (20 cm), and the matching scroll appears in the product add-on area near the Add to Cart button. For a case this size the 6-inch (15 cm) Mehudar Ashkenazi Mezuzah Scroll fills the cavity properly, while Chabad households will want the Alter Rebbe Chabad Mezuzah Scroll instead.

If you buy the scroll from us as well, we can ship your mezuzah with the scroll carefully rolled and inserted inside the case. When this mezuzah is shipped with a scroll already inserted, we seal the back with double-sided tape to help create an airtight seal, making the case usable on exterior doorways when properly sealed.

The stonework is what a visitor sees, but the mitzvah (מִצְוָה, commandment) rests entirely on the handwritten klaf (קְלָף, parchment) sealed behind it, which carries the Shema (שְׁמַע) and the parshiyot (פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת, Torah passages) in the hand of a sofer (סוֹפֵר, scribe). Families choosing by minhag (מִנְהָג, custom) can work through our Ashkenaz Mezuzahs or compare them against our Sephardi Mezuzahs, and the differences between the ksav traditions are set out letter by letter in our guide to mezuzah lettering styles.

For additional sizes and grades, the full kosher mezuzah scroll collection runs from 2.5 inches through 6 inches, and readers who want the background before choosing usually start with what is inside a mezuzah.

Extra Large Kotel Jerusalem Stone Mezuzah Design

The Kotel is the surviving retaining wall of the Temple Mount, and the coursed stonework carved into the face of this case is drawn from it directly rather than suggested at: the horizontal banding, the deep joints, the slightly irregular block heights. A reduction of the Wall to nine inches, in the same limestone.

• Coursed Kotel brickwork: Carved horizontal banding taken from the Western Wall
• Real Jerusalem limestone: Quarried and finished in Israel, never cast or reconstituted
• Nine-inch scale: Sized to hold a wide front entrance or a synagogue doorway
• Wide 1.5-inch profile: Deeper cavity than most extra large cases, taking scrolls up to 8 inches
• Natural color drift: Cream through ivory and beige, unique to each piece

Where to Place an Extra Large Mezuzah

An extra large case earns its scale at the main entrance, where it is read from a distance and where the doorframe has the width to hold it without crowding the moulding. Sealed properly with the included tape it handles a covered porch; for an entrance that takes direct rain and sun with no overhang, our outdoor mezuzahs and the wider water resistant mezuzahs are the safer specification.

Placement itself is governed by halacha rather than taste: the right-hand doorpost on entering, the lower part of the upper third of the frame, and for Ashkenazi households a tilt inward. Our guide to putting up a mezuzah walks through all three, and the reasoning behind the angle is explained in why the mezuzah is slanted.

Get Mezuzahs for Your Entire Home!

Jewish tradition places a mezuzah on nearly every doorway of the home, not only the front door. Bedrooms, the kitchen, a study and the back door all take one, which is why most families build their collection a few doors at a time. Our guide to which rooms need a mezuzah works through which doorways are obligated, and the full range of mezuzot is organized by size, material and color so a second case is easy to match to the first.