Does a bike shed need a Mezuzah?
The Torah commands a Jew to affix a mezuzah to the doorpost of his house,8 as well as the doorposts and doorways within the home,9 with the exception of the bathroom.10 There is a discussion in the Gemora and Rishonim concerning whether this obligation extends to the doorpost of a barn, chicken coop or grain silo. The Shulchan Aruch paskens that these locations do, indeed, require a mezuzah.11 Reb Akiva Eiger understands that one should make a bracha when putting up a mezuzah at these locations.12 Other Achronim, however, feel that because this halacha is debated in the Rishonim it would be preferable to put up the mezuzah without a bracha.13 In a case where the grain silo was attached to the house, all agree that the mezuzah on the silo door should be put up with a bracha.14 In general, a mezuzah is only required for a house in which a person lives.15 Even though no one lives in a barn or grain silo, it still requires a mezuzah because the owner uses the room and will enter it wheneve
