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Germany · community hub: Wilmersdorf / Charlottenburg · airport BER, about 45 min by car. Everything below was checked against the sources on each listing in November 2026; confirm times with the shul before you rely on them.
Chabad Berlin's Shabbat page and FAQ (updated Apr 2026: 'There is no Eruv in Berlin') state there is no eruv; do not carry outside on Shabbat. Plan ahead for security ID (see tips).
Germany's only fully kosher hotel (10 rooms), kashrut under Rabbi Teichtal. Press (Dec 2024): metal keys only, no electronic door openers; no elevator, stairs only; warming plates and thermoses for Shabbat food in rooms. 2 min walk to Chabad House · +49 178 7917476
On Chabad Berlin's nearby-hotels list, 2 min walk to Chabad House; next to Kosher Good Morning Café. TotallyJewishTravel tags it 'non-kosher, Jewish observant friendly'. Key and elevator policy for Shabbat is not stated by Chabad's list. Booking.com lists 'key access' (not key card) and an elevator; rooms are on the 4th-5th floors (lift or stairs, TripAdvisor 2016). Guests report reception is staffed only until about 21:00 and later arrivals use an electronic keybox code (TripAdvisor review, Oct 2023), so arrange the key before Shabbat · +49 30 8609320
On Chabad Berlin's nearby-hotels list, 4 min walk to Chabad House. Key and elevator policy not stated; guests mention a working lift (Google review; TripAdvisor Jul 2026) and no key detail was found (hotel did not come up in a Booking.com search), so ask for a mechanical key · +49 30 22056060
On Chabad Berlin's nearby-hotels list, 9 min walk to Chabad House. Key and elevator policy not stated. Booking.com lists 'key access' (not key card) and an elevator; guests describe the lift as small and old (TripAdvisor Jan 2026, Aug 2025, Jun 2025: fits about two people). Booking.com Q&A has no Shabbat room or kosher breakfast · +49 30 8804940
On Chabad Berlin's nearby-hotels list, 10 min walk to Chabad House. Key and elevator policy not stated. Booking.com lists 'key access' (not key card) and an elevator, with a 24-hour front desk; no Shabbat mention in Google, TripAdvisor or Booking.com Q&A, so ask for a mechanical key · +49 30 631030
On Chabad Berlin's nearby-hotels list, 11 min walk to Chabad House. Key and elevator policy not stated. Booking.com facility list shows key-card access and an elevator, so ask for a mechanical key; no Shabbat mention in Google, TripAdvisor or Booking.com Q&A · +49 30 887760
Hotel's own site, quoted by press (Dec 2024): Shabbat rooms on a lower floor reachable without an elevator, doors open mechanically, timer lamps, Shabbos goy on request. The hotel's own Booking.com Q&A reply confirms 'a shabbat room on our first floor with a mechanical key' and says 'we do not offer kosher breakfast or kosher meals' (a 2011 press piece reported a kosher breakfast; treat it as none now). About 0.7 km from the Joachimsthaler Str. synagogue · +49 30 210070
About 0.6 km from the Joachimsthaler Str. synagogue by map; no Shabbat policy found. Booking.com facility list shows key-card access and an elevator (a TripAdvisor guest, Sep 2026, mentions 3 lifts); no Shabbat room, mechanical key or kosher breakfast appears in Google, TripAdvisor or Booking.com Q&A (2026), so ask before booking · +49 30 889100
Minyan: Fri Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat at candle lighting time (Nov 6: 16:10; May-Jul 19:30); Shabbat Shacharit 10:00 then Kiddush; winter Mincha after Kiddush, Maariv/Havdalah 10 min after Shabbat ends (Nov 7 ends 17:20); weekday Shacharit Mon-Fri 8:00, Sun 8:30; weekday Mincha/Maariv at sunset
Contact: +49 30 21280830 · WhatsApp +49 176 6104 0541 · chabadberlin.de · visitor WhatsApp group linked on site
Minyan: Shabbat Shacharit 9:15, with a Talmud shiur at 8:45 before it; Fri evening service in June 2026: 5 Jun 19:30, 12 Jun 20:15, 19 and 26 Jun 19:45 (Gemeindeblatt June 2026, p. 39; summer times only, Friday time moves with the season, so confirm for winter). Daily minyan (weekday times not published; Mon-Fri 8:45 Torah class follows morning prayer): +49 30 2112273. Rabbi Yitshak Ehrenberg leads. Entrance is through a courtyard with a police/security check; Google reviewers say bring a passport (no advance contact needed for non-German visitors) and bring your own English siddur
Contact: +49 30 2112273 (daily minyan line, Sekretariat) · +49 30 91557402 · Gemeinde Kultusverwaltung +49 30 88028-250 · kultus@jg-berlin.org · jg-berlin.org
Minyan: Times: call or email (kaj-berlin.de publishes none; a 2014 press report says the shul holds eight services a day; Google reviewers say several Shacharit/Mincha/Maariv minyanim on weekdays and Shabbat, no clock times given). Shabbat/holiday visitors must register by email at least 48 h ahead with date/time, full names and a photo of each person's photo ID; no spontaneous entry (a Google reviewer says registration runs through Lauder Yeshurun)
Contact: +49 30 405046913 · info@kaj-berlin.de · Lauder Yeshurun (same building) +49 30 405046930 · kaj-berlin.de
Minyan: Shacharit 7:15 (undated Hebrew Google review, day not stated; another reviewer says it starts about 25 min before sunrise, Sephardi minyan with priestly blessing) - confirm by phone. Shabbat morning ends with Kiddush and guests are invited (Hebrew Google review, undated); Shabbat dinner hosted for guests by Rabbi Yakubov (Google review, 31 Dec 2022). Small minyan, welcoming to visitors; passport shown at the entrance. Website tiferet-israel.de is inactive and a 2023 Google reviewer found the door closed with no posted times, so call first
Contact: +49 172 7050279
Minyan: Times: call (centre page lists none; shliach Natan Zuckerman). Weekly Friday-night service followed by a meal (press report); Shabbat meals by registration via chabadberlin.de/shabbat. Google reviewers (undated) praise the Kabbalat Shabbat, Shabbat and festival kiddush and weekly Torah learning, but give no clock times; one Wednesday-afternoon visitor found the first-floor door locked, so call or WhatsApp before going
Contact: +49 176 84304709 (centre page and Google listing; an older number was reported disconnected) · chabadberlin.de
Minyan: Times: call (none published online). Address and a 5.0 rating (1 review) from Google Maps. chabadberlin.de/en/ also lists further Chabad branches (Steglitz, Ku'damm, Students, Hebrew Speakers, Russian Speakers) without street addresses
Contact: Chabad Berlin WhatsApp +49 176 6104 0541 (Google's phone number for this listing looks malformed) · chabadberlin.de
Friday-night and Shabbat-day meals by advance registration at chabadberlin.de/shabbat; no prices posted online, ask by WhatsApp. Ready-made Shabbat food is listed as a service, confirm availability
Hours: By registration · WhatsApp +49 176 6104 0541 · chabadberlin.de/shabbat
Registration for Shabbat and holiday meals at the Alexanderplatz centre is on chabadberlin.de/shabbat; prices not posted online
Hours: By registration · +49 176 84304709 · chabadberlin.de/shabbat
Closed Fri and Sat; book Shabbat meals through Chabad House instead. Does private-event catering
Hours: Mon-Thu 17:00-21:30 (Chabad page: 17:00-22:00, orders to 21:00); closed Fri-Sun · +49 162 7741478
Israeli breakfast and lunch; no Shabbat-meal or delivery info found. Closed Sat
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30-20:00; Fri 8:00-15:00; Sat closed; Sun 11:00-16:00 · +49 1517 5475742
Kosher supermarket with fresh hummus, pastries and frozen meat; a reviewer bought kosher food here for a flight. Chabad lists 'Kosher4all' at this address, likely the same shop. A 2019 press article placed Daily Markt on Wilmersdorfer Str., so confirm the address
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30-20:00; Fri 8:00-16:00; Sat and Sun closed · +49 1517 5475742
All dairy: pastries, burekas, hot drinks, some grocery items; next door to Hotel Ambert and Provocateur. Closed Sat
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30-18:00; Fri 9:00-15:30; Sat closed; Sun 11:00-18:00 (Chabad page says to 19:30) · +49 170 4895962
Small shop; a reviewer says it delivers and reports cash only. No Shabbat meals found; no hechsher named by Chabad's list, a 2019 press article or Google
Hours: Mon-Thu 9:00-18:00; Fri 9:00-16:00; Sat and Sun closed · +49 30 33930220
Next to Kahal Adass Jisroel; open since 2008 per a 2019 press article; sells meat and Israeli snacks, cards accepted per reviews. No hechsher named by Chabad's list or press (a 2014 Jüdische Allgemeine piece says dairy and meat are kept separate and the milk is from a Hamburg kosher dairy; no certifier named). Chabad's text also lists a Fehrbelliner Str. 40 address; Google shows Brunnenstr. 31
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:00-19:00; Fri 8:00-16:00; Sat and Sun closed · +49 179 6745908
Chabad lists kosher meals for hotel guests; restaurant closed Sat, but the hotel gives guests warming plates and thermoses to eat Shabbat food in their rooms (press, Dec 2024). Ask whether Shabbat meals can be pre-ordered. Meat kitchen only when visited; dairy kitchen was being set up
Hours: Mon-Thu 16:00-21:30; Fri 12:00-16:00; Sat closed; Sun 16:00-21:30 · +49 178 7917476
Booking: +49 176 97339324 (attendant listed on Chabad site; no hours posted)
Booking: By phone appointment: Kultusverwaltung +49 30 88028-250 (Tue-Fri 9:00-13:00) · service@jg-berlin.org
Booking: No booking line published; ask KAJ: +49 30 405046913 · info@kaj-berlin.de. Opened Sept 2014 for men and women (press report); current hours not confirmed
Seen in older guides, checked Nov 2026: Bleibergs (Nürnberger Str. 45a): closed permanently in 2024 (tageskarte.io, 10 Jun 2024: 'bleibt dauerhaft geschlossen'; Jüdische Allgemeine also reports June 2024; a Dec 2024 Jüdische Allgemeine article also calls it closed); its older Bleibergs Café (Rabbi Ehrenberg supervision) was sold in 2018 and also closed. Google still lists it. · Abba Berlin Hotel (Lietzenburger Str. 89): on Chabad's nearby-hotels list at 19 min walk, but no Shabbat details and Google now shows Scandic Charlottenburg at this address; not added. · Gidya (formerly Milo, meat restaurant): a 2019 Jüdische Allgemeine article said Rabbi Teichtal supervised it; not found online as of Nov 2026 on Chabad Berlin's current food list, so not added · Beth Café (Tucholskystr. 40): kosher supervision not confirmed; Google shows Mon-Thu 12:00-16:00 only; its website blocks automated reading. · Kosher Deli / DeliKosher, Kosher Gourmet, Sarah's Kosher, Kosher Delight: not found online as of Nov 2026 (checked Chabad Berlin's food pages and Google Places). Koscher Deli (Goethestr.) is reported closed by Jüdische Allgemeine, 14 Apr 2019 · Eivgi's Orientalische Hausmannskost (Belziger Str. 75): reviewers call it kosher, but no hechsher was found; closed Saturday. · Synagoge Fraenkelufer, Pestalozzistr., Oranienburger Str. and Rykestr.: jg-berlin.org gives no rite for them, so an Orthodox minyan is not confirmed as of Nov 2026 and they are not listed. Pestalozzistr. is described as liberal rite (with separate seating) by Jüdische Allgemeine, and a Google reviewer calls Rykestr. non-egalitarian; ask Chabad Berlin (WhatsApp +49 176 6104 0541) if you want one of these · Skoblo Synagogue / Lauder Yeshurun (Brunnenstr. 33): no source found for a separate minyan; treated as part of Kahal Adass Jisroel (Shabbat access registration also runs through Lauder Yeshurun per a Google reviewer).