In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MEZUZAH
mezuzah, mezuza
(noun) religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mezuzah (plural mezuzahs or mezuzot or mezuzoth)
(Judaism and occasionally Christianity) A piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21) and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house, in accordance with the mitzvah (Biblical commandment as interpreted in Jewish law) to "write the words of God on the gates and doorposts of your house" (Deuteronomy 6:9).
Source: Wiktionary
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