Citations:Shabbat

NPR.org website transcript of "Elevator Or The Stairs? In Israel, Rabbis Weigh In" by Peter Kenyon October 2, 2009 transcript

"Some prominent rabbis in Israel have declared that Shabbat elevators — specially designed to run without the need for passengers to press buttons — must not be used. It has stoked the eternal debate about what an observant Jew may and may not do on the Sabbath."

(In this use shabbat seems to be an adjective for something that has been automated so a person can use it without doing work proscribed on the sabbath.)