“A Shabbat elevator is an elevator which works in a special mode, operating automatically, a way to circumvent the Jewish law requiring observers to abstain from operating electric switches on Shabbat. An elevator may be marked with a sign noting that it is specially configured for Shabbat observance. There are several ways the elevator works (going up and down); stopping at every floor, stopping at alternative floors, or rising to the top floor and stopping while going down.”
There are a lot of hilarious things about this, but I think I mainly just like the idea of a set of controls labeled SABBATH.
Saturday, Donny,