New York City’s Times Square is no stranger to odd and flashy scenes, and Sunday night, the first eve of Chol HaMoed Sukkos, was no different.
The major intersection in Manhattan might have been witness to the largest mobile Sukkah in the world.
This according to Rabbi Mordy Hirsch and the men at the Mitzvah Tank Office in Crown Heights.
It took them a few days to build the 6 meter-long Sukkah on the back of a trailer truck, which was then driven through Manhattan to park near Kosher Delight on Broadway (between 36th and 37th Streets).
Hirsch, who is assisted in this project by R’ Meir Ashkenasi from Israel, told COLlive he is considering filing a request to the Guinness World Records for the title.
go mordy go
What’s with this mess? It looks like it should be hauling Christmas trees from Canada. Why don’t you Jews eat in the back of a UPS truck or sit on a bench like normal people.
And what kind of Jews work in Times Square anyway? I thought all of you work in B&H?
great job
the rebbe said to publisize mitzvos!! who cares aBOUT DUMB traffic!!! (i wish i could make a coocoo sign on the comp.)
I hear batman and superman are attending tomorrow night. Sorry but this is just pure Meshugas!
furthermore, the Sukkah is totally sponsored by the restaurant so the Sukkah Mobile 1) provides frum working people somewhere to eat 2) provides non-frum people with the opportunity to do a Mitzvah. Total costs accrued: $0
Not sure where the problem is.
to #6 What about all the frum people that want to go to work but have nowhere to eat, B. its parked C. you were ever there, from morning to evening it is jammed packed,
to #14 You probably have no clue which restaurant the sukkah is parked at
What a special Mitzvah it is to bring a sukkah to YIDEN who’d eat inside a restaurant or pizza store! Sukkah mobiles are there for the PEOPLE who’d anyway come eat enabling them to fulfill the mitzvah of Sukkos. Yasher Koach to the organizers!
I assume the s’chach is placed on the sukkah when it is parked, otherwise it would fly off while in motion.
Is there a Yid with a Bierdale under that?
Frankly, though, I would have been more impressed if I had seen people actually using it! Now THAT would have been a greater kiddush Hashem.
not even one showing a single individual or visitor to the succah. whats the point?
That Sukka is a Chilul Lubavitch, totally!
Thr Bochurim who stand outside of it – Kol HaKavod!
But to Mordy, it’s a major Chillul Lubavitch to bring a Sukkah to a non proper restaurant, it’s almost like Chabad is giving an OK to the restaurant….
let them find some other “looser” to bring them a sukkah
im not sure if you work in the city, or if you even work at all. Here are the facts: Many many people work in the city and are in need of a sukkah to eat in. Chabad supplies it. and you say “late” “stuck in traffic” “more angry with lobavitch”… What better way is there to keep business working on time, then by giving easy Sukkah access?! What better way is there to cut traffic, then by offering people a Sukkah near the work place?! and what better way is there to get people to love Lubavich then by… Read more »
its funny no matter what it is someone critisizes it
is it just me or is there no schach on the sukkah?
BIG stuff get BIG attention. Let it be a BIG sukkah mobile getting attention. small things are overlooked…
wow! whats with the criticism here?! whenever i come on to this website, people are always writing such nasty comments- plus these people worked hard to do whatever they did so lets be nice here!! anyways i think that sukkah is soooo cool!!!! i’d love to have one of those……
THANKS
it doesnt block traffic. instead of having 3 cars park there, there’s now a truck. not in the way of traffic at all!!!
why do we need the world biggest sukkah???
why do we need to plugg up the city with a huge trailer and get people who actually work for a living be all late and stuck in traffic getting eber more angry with lobavitch and their sukkah??
isn’t it enough to have regular practical sukkah or as many as you want to be able to bring the holiday message to many many jews without all the trouble this one bring? not to mension the cost
Lubavitch is not only about the biggest, longest, fastest, highest, and stupidest!!!!
This is an awesome undertaking Mordy. Next time if you have the gelt, rent one of those huge highway rigs, with shiny spiked chrome hubcaps, and high front ends, with the orange and red lights on the front cab, show the world what it means to be b’simcha.
what makes it a sukkah MOBILE? it slook as though the trailer has just been PARKED outside.
Great work Mordy and Meir. Love working with both you guys. It’s never too early too start ordering sukkos for next year!
keep up the great work
Go Mordy Hirsch! Wow, your hard work really pays off!