Shabbat elevator
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A Shabbat elevator is an elevator which works in a special mode, operating automatically, to satisfy the Jewish religious law requiring Jews to abstain from operating electrical switches on Shabbat. T
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Paternoster lift
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A paternoster or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator, consisting of a chain of open compartments, each usually designed for two people, that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building wi
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A paternoster in Prague
Paternoster elevator in The Hague, when it was still in operation
Paternoster lift at the Parliament House of Finland
Paternoster in the House of Industry, Vienna (offices of the Federation of Austrian Industries), built c. 1910