- a parchment scroll inscribed on one side with the Biblical passages Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 and on the other side with the word Shaddai (a name applied to God), inserted in a small case or tube so that Shaddai is visible through an aperture in front, and attached by some Jews to the doorjambs of the home.
- a piece of parchment inscribed with biblical passages and fixed to the doorpost of the rooms of a Jewish house
- a metal case for such a parchment, sometimes worn as an ornament
