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===Elevator=== | ===Elevator=== | ||
#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. Minchat Yitzchak 4:93 agrees with his first point that it requires a mezuzah since it opens up to a house, but disagrees with the application to Rabbi Akiva Eiger. He says that Rabbi Akiva Eiger is only relevant to a small room attached to a bigger room, such that if the bigger room were removed it would be open to the street and require a mezuzah. But since the elevator is in a shaft even if it were removed the bigger room would be open to an unusable area. He concludes that they should put up a mezuzah without a bracha since the first point depends on the Chamudei Doniel's idea, that a bet shaar is obligated since it opens to an area that is obligated. Even if it is 4x4 amot it still wouldn't require a mezuzah unless for the Chamudei Doniel since a moving room not meant for dwelling is exempt.</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, 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> | #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> | ||
