Last Day of the Sukkahs
[nggallery id=”36876″ template=galleryview] Sukkot, the seven-day Jewish festival with origins as a celebration for the harvest, is ending today. One of the icons of Sukkot is the sukkah, a temporary hut built just for the week of Sukkot, reminiscent of the structures the Israelites built during their 40 years in the desert, following their exodus…
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Sukkot, the seven-day Jewish festival with origins as a celebration for the harvest, is ending today. One of the icons of Sukkot is the sukkah, a temporary hut built just for the week of Sukkot, reminiscent of the structures the Israelites built during their 40 years in the desert, following their exodus from Egypt. Here, we’ve put up ten iPhone photographs we took while biking around in Crown Heights and Williamsburg, home to large Jewish populations. You’ll notice that Jews carry around leafy branches and lemons with them during Sukkot. These come from a commandment from Moses: “On the first day you shall take the product of hadar trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days”.
bxgirl, FYI, fire escapes are an outdated means of egress and you will NEVER see a new building constructed with them. you are allowed to replace an existing fire escape, but not put a brand new one on the building if it never existed. it has nothing to do with sprinklers.
Violations – I’m sure that statement was a joke. I love this site and the comments here. It keeps me laughing all day, Monday through Friday at least! Keep up the good work.
The etrov has to be perfect & some cost a couple of hundred dollars! They must jet over in 1st class seating.
Or at least I think in the photo you can see that the actual fire escapes are clear.
ou812- The balconies I don’t think are considered fire escapes. I’m pretty sure these buildings have sprinkler systems and are built to fire code so they aren’t required to have an external fire escape.
Kensington is awash in sukkahs, where you will see them on balconies and in backyards. One family near me never takes theirs down. I’ve seen them made of bamboo, sticks, plywood and even prefabricated plastic like a child’s playhouse.
Some of them are constructed like little houses, complete with windows.
Very cool photos.
I had never seen a Sukkah on a balcony.
I don’t see any permits for those structures!
Certainly the ones on the fire escape pose an encumberance and should be violations!