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In Israel, the need for sukkah bal-
conies is theoretically mitigated by the
fact that not all Israelis are observant.
However, as mixed neighborhoods
containing religious and secular Jews
are becoming rarer, it is increasingly
common to have whole buildings in
which sukkah balconies are sought
after. For the most part, consumer
demand drives developers to offer
apartments with sukkah balconies,
but legislators have also gotten
involved.
Some cities have experimented with
making it easier to obtain a building
permit for a cantilever balcony. More
recently, members of the Knesset have
advanced a law to require all apart-
ment buildings to offer sukkah bal-
conies. Other scholars have discussed

challenging the established halachic
requirements, or encouraged commu-
nal sukkot, but these solutions do not
seem especially promising.
It will be interesting to see how
the holiday of Sukkot continues to
influence the design of apartments.
For now, sukkah balconies remain a
fixture of Israeli domestic architec-
ture.

Joshua Skarf is a licensed architect living and

working in Jerusalem. He studied in Yeshivat

Har Etzion and has degrees in architecture

from the University of Michigan and Bezalel

Academy. He has designed hospitals, train

stations, shopping malls, Israeli consulates,

army installations, elementary schools, muse-

ums, and research facilities in Israel. Skarf

was born in Toronto, grew up in Michigan,

and has been living in Israel since 2004.

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