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#Some say that the entrances on each floor to the elevator should have a mezuzah on the right from the elevator to the building.<ref>Lehorot Natan 3:72, Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Haish YD 286), Rav Wosner ( | #Some say that the entrances on each floor to the elevator should have a mezuzah on the right from the elevator to the building.<ref>Lehorot Natan 3:72, Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Haish YD 286), Rav Wosner (Kovetz Mbet Levi v. 2 p. 129). Minchat Yitzchak 4:93 holds one should put up a mezuzah on the elevator cab itself on the right side going in and not each floor. Teshuvot Vehanahgot 2:547 agrees. Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein (Tuvcha Yabiu - Hilchot Shecheinim 34) also holds that even if the elevator itself is not 4 by 4 amot, the doorpost from the hallway that leads into the elevator requires a mezuzah. | ||
* Lehorot Natan 3:72 writes that there should be a mezuzah from the elevator to the building. He explains 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. | * Lehorot Natan 3:72 writes that there should be a mezuzah from the elevator to the building. He explains 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. | ||
*Regarding the first point, there is a nuanced difference between the Lehorot Natan and Minchat Yitzchak. Minchat Yitzchak thinks that fundamentally the elevator should be exempt since it isn't meant for significant dwelling as it continually moves. However, since it allows passageway to houses it is obligated like a bet shaar, which doesn't meet the criteria for mezuzah but is obligated since it allows entrance to houses. This is the opinion of the Chamudei Doniel who obligates a bet shaar even though it lacks the area of 4x4 amot. Lehorot Natan responds that he believes the Chamudei Doniel is incorrect. However, if the elevator is 4x4 amot it is considered a bet shaar because of its function to enable passage from floor to floor and ultimately to houses. | *Regarding the first point, there is a nuanced difference between the Lehorot Natan and Minchat Yitzchak. Minchat Yitzchak thinks that fundamentally the elevator should be exempt since it isn't meant for significant dwelling as it continually moves. However, since it allows passageway to houses it is obligated like a bet shaar, which doesn't meet the criteria for mezuzah but is obligated since it allows entrance to houses. This is the opinion of the Chamudei Doniel who obligates a bet shaar even though it lacks the area of 4x4 amot. Lehorot Natan responds that he believes the Chamudei Doniel is incorrect. However, if the elevator is 4x4 amot it is considered a bet shaar because of its function to enable passage from floor to floor and ultimately to houses. | ||
* Minchat Yitzchak writes 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. | * Minchat Yitzchak writes 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. Rav Wosner (Kovetz Mbet Levi v. 2 p. 129) holds like the Lhorot Natan that one should put up a mezuza going out on every floor. Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Haish YD 286, Dinei Habayit Hameshutaf p. 123) agrees. Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Minchat Shlomo 2:100:5) held that it was exempt but good to put up a mezuzah going out on every floor like Rabbi Akiva Eiger. | ||
* Chovat Hadar 5:11 writes that the entrances all require a mezuzah, but the lobby floor should have it on the right going into the elevator, while on the other floors should have it on the right going out to the floors. His reasoning is that the elevator is like a bet shaar since it allows entranceway to houses. However, the cab itself he writes is exempt since it isn't meant for dwelling. Shvut Yitzchak (v. 16 p. 29 2:2) quotes Rav Elyashiv as agreeing that the mezuzah is place on the right side going out besides on the lobby where it should be on the right going in. [https://www.yeshiva.co/ask/2933 Rabbi Elchanan Lewis] quotes the Chovat Hadar and Minchat Yitzchak.</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. Betzel Hachachma 3:80-82 agrees. Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot v. 1 n. 44) agrees. He also cites this from his father, Rav Ovadia Yosef, in Halichot Olam v. 8. [https://din.org.il/2019/12/15/%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%95%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%95%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A8-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%93-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%93-%D7%90%D7%9E/ Rav Yerucham Erlinger] quotes that the Steipler (Orchot Rabbenu v. 3 p. 172) and Rav Moshe Feinstein (Yesodei Yeshurun v. 2 fnt. 66) also held that an elevator are exempt from a mezuzah.</ref> | * Chovat Hadar 5:11 writes that the entrances all require a mezuzah, but the lobby floor should have it on the right going into the elevator, while on the other floors should have it on the right going out to the floors. His reasoning is that the elevator is like a bet shaar since it allows entranceway to houses. However, the cab itself he writes is exempt since it isn't meant for dwelling. Shvut Yitzchak (v. 16 p. 29 2:2) quotes Rav Elyashiv as agreeing that the mezuzah is place on the right side going out besides on the lobby where it should be on the right going in. [https://www.yeshiva.co/ask/2933 Rabbi Elchanan Lewis] quotes the Chovat Hadar and Minchat Yitzchak.</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. Betzel Hachachma 3:80-82 agrees. Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot v. 1 n. 44) agrees. He also cites this from his father, Rav Ovadia Yosef, in Halichot Olam v. 8. [https://din.org.il/2019/12/15/%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%95%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%95%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A8-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%93-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%93-%D7%90%D7%9E/ Rav Yerucham Erlinger] quotes that the Steipler (Orchot Rabbenu v. 3 p. 172) and Rav Moshe Feinstein (Yesodei Yeshurun v. 2 fnt. 66) also held that an elevator are exempt from a mezuzah.</ref> | ||
