A worldwide registry of Sukkahs has been set up, and is listed online at www.localsukkah.org.
The directory has been designed for Jews to locate a sukkah near to them, so that they can go there to eat. The idea of this service is not to list every sukkah, but to try and have a sukkah listed for every area in which Jewish people may find themselves during Sukkot.
The main focus of this service is to enable people who work on chol-hamoed to eat lunch in a sukkah close to their place of work.
As all listings are confirmed annually prior to publication, the benefit of the list is that users of it can be almost certain that the sukkah that they wish to use is indeed available prior to heading there.
The list also includes details about many sukkahs that would otherwise remain unknown to many users of the list.
The worldwide list of Sukkahs began in 1994, as a local service to the Jewish community in Melbourne, Australia. The list was started, after it was realized that there are many sukkahs in workplaces that few know about. The person who suggested the compilation of the list, noted that a few friends had not been able to eat a proper lunch on Chol-Hamoed as they had no sukkah at their workplace and did not know that he had a sukkah nearby that he was willing to share.
In 2003, the list was expanded to cover all places around the world. Most of the listed sukkahs are located in shuls, schools, and businesses. The list also included some sukkahs located in shopping centers, universities, and amusement parks.
The list publicizes all sukkahs regardless of the affiliation of their owners, and all Jews are welcome at any of these sukkahs. The idea of this project is merely to promote achdus (Jewish unity), and to help other Yidden. There is no charge for this service.
All registrations will be published online at www.localsukkah.org shortly before the holiday.
Those with a sukkah that can be registered are asked to do so by visiting the website.
