shabbat elevator

noun

An elevator which works in a special mode, operating automatically, to satisfy the Jewish law requiring Jews to abstain from operating electrical switches on Shabbat.

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Meanings

shabbat elevator1

nounshabbat elevator (plural shabbat elevators)

plural shabbat elevators

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Shabbat elevator.

Shabbat elevator2

nounShabbat elevator (plural Shabbat elevators)

plural Shabbat elevators · alternative Sabbath elevator · alternative Shabbos elevator · alternative shabbat elevator

  1. JudaismengineeringAn elevator which works in a special mode, operating automatically, to satisfy the Jewish law requiring Jews to abstain from operating electrical switches on Shabbat.
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