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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Removing Mezuzot
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Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 14:41:21 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  3 14:41:21 1984
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> Does anyone know the reason why one is not supposed to remove the
> Mezuzot from the doors, if they move from a house or an apartment
> that Jews are going to move into?
> 
> 				Meyer Steinberg
   The question could be asked, why we are permitted to remove a mezuza when
we leave a house. What permits us to take the mezuza down once it is up. 
   The answer is simple. If the person moving in will abuse the mezuza and
not treat it with respect then it should be taken down. Otherwise it should
be left up. 
   If a non-Jew is moving in, I imagine we assume that he will not treat the
mezuza properly, so we remove it. If, however, a jew moves it, why should he
not respect it, and therefore we must keep it afixed to the doorpost.

				Eliyahu Teitz.

   P.S. This is by no means a definitive answer, it's only my ideas( a s'vara ).