Example of personal and dependent exemptions. For a married couple with three children, the total exemption deduction for 2014 is $19,750 ($3,950 x 5). If the marginal income tax rate for this family is 25 percent, the five exemptions save $4,875 in taxes. Deduction for college tuition expenses. 2  This deduction is available to you regardless of whether you itemize your deductions. 3  The maximum deduction is $4,000. 4  The maximum deduction drops to $2,000 and then disappears completely as income rises.
A mezuzah (Hebrew: ×Ö°××Ö¼×Ö¸× â doorpost; plural: ×Ö°××Ö¼××Ö¹×ª mezuzot) is a piece of parchment (often contained in a decorative case) inscribed with specified Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21).ezuzah affixed to a door frame on South Street in Philadelphia. Where the doorway is wide enough, Ashkenazi Jews tilt the mezuzah so that the top slants toward the room into which the door opens.
On the doorpost of every Jewish home rests a mezuzah. Some may think it's a dainty decoration or a good luck charm. Put one up to keep the evil spirits away! Actually, a mezuzah is a daily reminder â and a public declaration â of Jewish identity and faith.Though mezuzah literally means doorpost, it commonly refers to a scroll of parchment containing biblical verses, placed on the doorpost.The mezuzah recalls the Exodus from Egypt, when the lamb's blood smeared on the doorpost identified the Jewish homes that God passed over during the plague of the first born. If the doorway is deep, the mezuzah should be placed on the doorpost within 3 inches of the entrance. 2  If the doorway has little depth, i.e. it is not possible to place the mezuzah on the doorpost within the doorway itself, then the mezuzah is placed on the outer part of the doorpost, within 3 inches of the doorway.