The City of Jerusalem and the Electric Corporation are slated
to erect the Succah of Light, the world's largest, most
illuminated succah, in Jerusalem's Safra Square.
The city's main holiday events will be held in the succah,
which will be made available to Jerusalem visitors from both
Israel and abroad. Approximately one million visitors and
tourists are expected to arrive in the city during Succos.
Electric Corporation workers will build the 20-foot-high,
1,500-square-foot succah using an aluminum frame. The walls
will be composed of two and a half miles of light cables--
rubber pipes containing 144,000 light bulbs.
At the entrance to the succah will be a 20-foot-high
decoration resembling the walls of the Old City, with a
fissure symbolic of the destruction of Beis Hamikdosh.
The succah itself will be decorated with thousands of
paper chains.
The Succah of Light will be illuminated for the first time at
7:00 Tuesday evening, 24 hours before Succos begins, with
Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky and Electric Corporation Director-
General Dr. Yaakov Rozen on hand.
The main holiday events in Jerusalem will incorporate the
Succah of Light, including receptions for ambassadors and
diplomats, city residents and new immigrants, hakofos
shnios on Motzei Simchas Torah and more. During Chol
Hamoed tourists and visitors will be able to visit the Succah
of Light and eat in it.
