Question for Chabad mezuzah placement - Hekker Tzir

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Someone asked me if a security gate leading to an enclosed property from the street opens INWARDS away from the house, does it have the same din as the front door (ie no matter how the door swings it goes on the right), or do we say that since this is not the front door of the house, we follow hekker tzir...

Rabbi Bressman et al, pls comment....thanks


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  1. MendyFebruary 27, 2019 at 11:03 AM

    I have a similar shayla on the door to my gina from the side of my house. Even though it has a gate to the driveway and the street, the door swings outwards. I know for the front door we ignore הכר ציר. However, what takes priority for a gina? הכר ציר or the entrance way? I know the sugya of gina is not so simple in the Gemara there...

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  2. Dovid Nissan BressmanFebruary 27, 2019 at 11:02 PM

    Regarding Rabbi Gutnick's question: It is not clear to the exact description.
    If the door is a security door and it is a front door to an entrance then it is no different than any other front door and the mezuzah goes on the right side as entering the building.

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    1. Rabbi Eli GutnickFebruary 28, 2019 at 5:19 AM

      It leads to a courtyard and the front door is some distance away

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  3. yisroel levinMarch 11, 2019 at 9:59 AM

    י"ח ניסן, תשט"ז

    במ"ש אודות אופן קביעות מזוזה בגזוזטרא, הרי בכלל בהנוגע לקביעות מזוזה, ישנה הוראה בשם רבותינו הנשיאים שהולכים בתר היכר ציר, וכדעת ראשונים בזה. ומוסיפין בזה ששאלום, ומה יעשו אם כל הדלתות שבחדר היכר ציר שלהם לחדר אחר, וא"כ באיזה אופן יכנס לחדר, וענו ע"ז, יכנס דרך החלון. אבל הנ"ל הוא מלבד הדלתות היוצאות לחצר או לרה"ר. וכדאי שיוודא פרטים מזקני אנ"ש אשר בסביבתו, ושבטח גם להם ידוע עד"ז.

    אגרות קודש אד"ש / כרך יב / ד'רלז


    (ממכתב כ"ק אדמו"ר שליט"א)

    יש * להתחשב בהכניסה צדדית בהיכר ציר.

    *) במענה לשאלה: למנהגנו שהולכים במזוזה בתר היכר ציר מלבד הדלתות היוצאות לחצר או לרה"ר – איך מתנהגים כשיש ב' דלתות לכניסה מהחוץ, דלת צדדית ודלת ראשית. המו"ל.

    לקוטי שיחות-הוספות, חלק כ"ד, עמוד 374

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