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#Some say that an elevator is obligated in a mezuzah from the elevator shaft to the building.<ref>Lehorot Natan 3:72 writes that there should be a mezuzah from the elevator to the building. He writes that it is like a foyer (bet shaar) that leads to a house. Additionally he adds that according to Rabbi Akiva Eiger 286:13 even if it doesn't require a mezuzah itself it needs a mezuzah since it opens to a room that requires a mezuzah.</ref> Others hold that an elevator is exempt.<ref>[https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=887&st=&pgnum=419 Beer Moshe 2:88] thinks that an elevator and the entrances are exempt since the elevator isn't suited for living and the shaft isn't either. [https://www.yeshiva.co/ask/2933 Rabbi Elchanan Lewis] quotes the Chovat Hadar p. 43 who thinks that elevator and the entrances need a mezuzah, while Minchat Yitzchak 4:93 thinks that only the elevator needs one and not each floor.</ref> | #Some say that an elevator is obligated in a mezuzah from the elevator shaft to the building.<ref>Lehorot Natan 3:72 writes that there should be a mezuzah from the elevator to the building. He writes that it is like a foyer (bet shaar) that leads to a house. Additionally he adds that according to Rabbi Akiva Eiger 286:13 even if it doesn't require a mezuzah itself it needs a mezuzah since it opens to a room that requires a mezuzah.</ref> Others hold that an elevator is exempt.<ref>[https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=887&st=&pgnum=419 Beer Moshe 2:88] thinks that an elevator and the entrances are exempt since the elevator isn't suited for living and the shaft isn't either. [https://www.yeshiva.co/ask/2933 Rabbi Elchanan Lewis] quotes the Chovat Hadar p. 43 who thinks that elevator and the entrances need a mezuzah, while Minchat Yitzchak 4:93 thinks that only the elevator needs one and not each floor.</ref> | ||
===Buses, Caravans, and RVs=== | |||
#Buses, cars, and airplanes are exempt from mezuzah since they are moveable and aren't meant for permanent dwelling.<ref>Mezuzah Vhilchoteha 6:10 quoting Halichot Olam v. 8 p. 300, Az Nidbaru 3:30:2, Chovat Hadar 4:6. Regarding airplanes he quotes Halichot Olam and Shevet Halevi 2:156</ref> However, one should put up a mezuzah without a bracha for a RV if one lives in it like a house.<Ref>Rivevot Efraim 3:505</ref> | |||
#If one lives in a caravan that is stationary for a long time one should put up a mezuzah without a bracha.<ref>Mezuzah Vhilchoteha 6:5 citing Aruch Hashulchan 286:26, Minchat Yitzchak 2:82</ref> The mezuzah should be put up after it is parked where it is meant to stay.<ref>Mezuzah Vhilchoteha 6:7</ref> | |||
===Summer House=== | ===Summer House=== | ||
