Extra Large Yerushalayim Gray Jerusalem Stone Mezuzah

No motif, no carving, no scene. A clean gray column of Jerusalem stone with a single band of gold, nine inches of it, letting the material carry the whole piece. Gray is the quieter face of the same quarries that produce the familiar cream, and it belongs on a house that leans contemporary rather than traditional.

Nine inches asks for a doorway with room to give: a main entrance, a lobby, a boardroom door, a wide hallway. It sits with the rest of our extra large mezuzah cases and our stone mezuzahs, and it is the piece we point people to when they want scale without ornament, which is also why it lands so consistently among our modern mezuzahs.

Extra Large Yerushalayim Gray Jerusalem Stone Mezuzah Specs

Use the specs below to confirm scroll fit, material, measurements, mounting and recommended placement for this extra large gray Jerusalem stone 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: Gray with gold band and natural tonal variation
• Design: Undecorated column with a single gold band
• Measurements: 9" tall by 1" wide / 22.8 cm by 2.5 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

Yerushalayim Mezuzah Scroll Guidance

The cavity runs long, which is the practical advantage of a nine-inch case: anything from a 4-inch (10 cm) scroll up to a full 8-inch (20 cm) klaf will seat correctly. The matching parchment appears in the product add-on area near the Add to Cart button, and for this size the 6-inch (15 cm) Mehudar Ashkenazi Mezuzah Scroll or the Vellish-script Mehudar Sephardic Mezuzah Scroll are the usual pairings.

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.

A plain case makes the argument for spending on the parchment instead. The handwritten klaf (קְלָף, parchment) inside is what fulfils the mitzvah (מִצְוָה, commandment), and a mehudar scroll written by a careful sofer (סוֹפֵר, scribe) is where the quality actually lives. Households buying by minhag (מִנְהָג, custom) should work through our Ashkenaz Mezuzahs and our Sephardi Mezuzahs, with the letterform differences explained in our guide to mezuzah lettering styles.

Every grade we carry sits in the main kosher mezuzah scroll collection, and what is inside a mezuzah covers what is written on the klaf and why the writing has to be done by hand.

Extra Large Yerushalayim Gray Jerusalem Stone Mezuzah Design

Restraint is the design. There is nothing carved into the face, nothing applied except a single gold band near the base, and the proportions are held deliberately narrow at an inch wide so that nine inches of height reads as a line rather than a slab. What is left is the stone: the fossil flecking, the tonal shift, the slightly chalky surface that only natural limestone has.

• Undecorated stone face: No carving or motif, so the limestone itself carries the piece
• Single gold band: The only applied detail, set low on the column
• Gray Jerusalem limestone: Natural ash-to-slate drift, quarried in Israel
• Nine-inch height, 1-inch width: Full scale in a narrow profile that suits modern trim
• Deep cavity: Takes kosher scrolls all the way up to 8 inches

Where to Place an Extra Large Gray Mezuzah

This is a main-entrance case. At nine inches it is legible from the street or the far end of a lobby, and the plain face means it does not compete with the door hardware around it. Sealed with the included tape it is rated for a covered exterior doorway; entrances fully exposed to weather are better matched to our outdoor mezuzahs, and the full weather-rated range is grouped in our water resistant mezuzahs.

Placement is a halachic question rather than a design one. Our guide to putting up a mezuzah covers the doorpost, the height and the tilt, and which rooms need a mezuzah settles which doorways in a home or office require a mezuzah at all.

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 organised by size, material and colour so a second case is easy to match to the first.