❓May one build a Sukkah in his own property if it will infringe on the rights of other neighbors, such as if it blocks their sun and the like?

Author: Rabbi Yaakov GoldsteinPublished: September 27, 2026

May one build a Sukkah in his own property if it will infringe on the rights of other neighbors, such as if it blocks their sun and the like?[1] No, unless the neighbors do not mind. If one did so without consent of the neighbors, then one may not say

May one build a Sukkah in his own property if it will infringe on the rights of other neighbors, such as if it blocks their sun and the like?[1]

No, unless the neighbors do not mind. If one did so without consent of the neighbors, then one may not say a blessing on such a Sukkah.

[1] See Moed Lekol Chaiy 21:25; Sukkas Shaleim 46:5; Piskeiy Teshuvos 637:3

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