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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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