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Shabbat in Boca Raton

United States · community hub: Central Boca / Montoya Circle · airport FLL, about 35 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.

12 minyanim (10 with times)8 hotels (4 confirmed, 0 guest-reported)15 kosher places (3 sell Shabbat meals)2 mikvaosEruv: yes
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Eruv

Eruv: yes

Two separate eruvs: the Boca Raton Eruv (BRS and Young Israel area; BRS lists Hilton Suites on Glades Rd as inside it; map and contacts at the link) and the East Boca Eruv (Chabad of East Boca; map via eruvfinder.com, info@eastbocaeruv.com). No live weekly status page or hotline was found: bocaeruv.org is a donation page only (weekly maintenance; sponsors named in the synagogues' weekly sheets) and eastbocakehilla.org/eruv.html has a heading only. Near borders call Rabbi Rabovsky 561-702-6714, general info Chani Salamon 561-392-1026. Weekly status ↗

Where to stay

Hyatt Place Boca Raton/Downtown

100 E Palmetto Park Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33432
Shabbat-ready notes

On Chabad East Boca's visitor hotel list, 0.5 mi to the shul; Chabad page gives up to 25% off with code BBCD. TotallyJewishTravel tags it 'Jewish observant friendly' (non-kosher). Mechanical key or Shabbat elevator not stated. · 561-672-7819

The Boca Raton (resort)

501 E Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432
Shabbat-ready notes

On Chabad East Boca's visitor hotel list, 0.6 mi to the shul. Mechanical key or Shabbat elevator not stated. · 561-447-3000

Ocean Lodge Florida

531 N Ocean Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33432
Shabbat-ready notes

On Chabad East Boca's visitor hotel list, 0.6 mi to the shul; Google reviews mention a small in-room kitchen. Booking.com lists private check-in/out; key type not stated. · 561-395-7772

Waterstone Resort & Marina (Curio by Hilton)

999 E Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432
Shabbat-ready notes

On Chabad East Boca's visitor hotel list, 0.8 mi to the shul (about 16 min walk). Mechanical key or Shabbat elevator not stated. · 561-368-9500

Boca Inn

1801 N Federal Hwy, Boca Raton, FL 33432
Ask for a mechanical key

On Chabad East Boca's visitor hotel list but 1.1 mi from the shul (about a 22 min walk). Guests report key-card entry (Google review); Google rating 2.8 with complaints about cleanliness and extra-person fees. · 561-395-7500

Hilton Boca Raton Suites

7920 Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33434
Ask for a mechanical key

Hotel BRS lists inside the eruv, but BRS says no hotel is within walking distance (it gives a 3.9-mile walk) and suggests it for weekday visits. Ask for the BRS 'Fish Rate' (reservations line 561-483-4024). Booking.com lists key-card access; no Shabbat elevator or mechanical key stated. · 561-483-4024 (BRS rate line) · 561-483-3600

Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center

5150 Town Center Cir, Boca Raton, FL 33486
Ask for a mechanical key

Central-Boca option, not walkable to any shul (nearest is Boca Jewish Center on Powerline Rd, a drive). Mamush (ORB) is on the same circle at 5250 Town Center Cir. Booking.com lists key-card access and elevators; no Shabbat arrangement or mechanical key stated. On no BRS or Chabad list. · 561-392-4600

Holiday Inn Express Boca Raton West

8144 Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33434
Ask for a mechanical key

Budget option on the same Glades Rd corridor as Hilton Suites (about 0.3 mi west); BRS says the Hilton is not walkable to the shul, so neither is this. Eruv coverage not confirmed. Booking.com lists key-card access; Publix and a small plaza next door (Google reviews). No Shabbat arrangement stated. · 561-482-7070

Where to daven

Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS)

7900 Montoya Cir N, Boca Raton, FL 33433
Modern Orthodox

Minyan: Fri/Shabbat clock times: call (weekly calendar is an image or PDF only). Many Shabbat minyanim (Community, Shtiebel, Beis Medrash, Sephardic, Israel, Khal Chassidim, Youth). Posted on brsonline.org for Sun Nov 1, 2026: Shacharit 6:25 (Social Hall), 7:00 and 7:45 (Rand Sanctuary), Shtiebel Nusach Ari 10:00; Mincha 5:00pm; Mincha/Maariv 8:00pm; Maariv 9:00 and 9:30pm. Sephardic minyan: Shabbat shiur 45 min before Mincha, no clock times published (sephardicbrs.org). Fri Nov 6 candle lighting 5:17pm.

Contact: 561-394-0394 · office@brsonline.org · brsonline.org

Young Israel of Boca Raton

7200 Palmetto Cir N, Boca Raton, FL 33433
Young Israel

Minyan: Fri Nov 6: candle lighting 5:17pm, Mincha 5:20pm (Kabbalat Shabbat not listed). Shabbos Shacharit 6:49am (neitz), 8:30am, 9:00am; Shabbos Mincha/Maariv in the weekly Shmoozer (yiboca.org, posted Fridays). Weekday Shacharit Sun 7:00/8:00/8:55; Mon and Thu 6:10/8:00; Tue, Wed, Fri 6:20/8:00; Mincha/Maariv Sun-Thu 5:20pm; late Maariv Mon-Wed 9:15pm (week of Nov 1, 2026).

Contact: 561-391-3235 · office@yiboca.org · Rabbi Rabovsky 561-702-6714 · yiboca.org

Boca Beach Chabad (Chabad of East Boca)

490 E Palmetto Park Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33432
Chabad

Minyan: Page shows Oct 30 times: Fri Mincha 6:25pm (candle lighting 6:21pm), so call to confirm the post-clock-change Friday time (Nov 6 candle lighting 5:17pm). Shabbat Shacharit 9:30am; Shabbat Mincha 6:25pm (Oct 31); Shabbat ends Nov 7 6:10pm. Weekday Shacharit Mon-Fri 7:30am, Sun 9:00am; Mincha/Maariv Sun-Thu 5:20pm. Free Shabbat Kiddush lunch, online registration required.

Contact: 561-394-9770 · bocabeachchabad.com (contact form)

Boca Jewish Center (Shaaray Tefilla)

21065 Powerline Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33433
Orthodox

Minyan: Shabbat Shacharit: Hashkama 7:30am, Chaburah (Beis Medrash) 8:45am, Main 9:30am; Shabbat Mincha 'b'zman', about 25 min before shkiah (bocajewishcenter.org, Nov 1, 2026). Friday Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat time not on the web page (weekly Shabbos Insider is a flipsnack issue): call. Weekday Shacharit Sun 7:00/8:00/8:30, Mon-Fri 6:30/7:30/8:30; Sun early Mincha 2:00pm; Sun-Thu Plag Mincha 5:20pm and Mincha/Maariv 6:30pm (2026/27 page, no seasonal note).

Contact: 561-477-8872 · office@bjcst.org · bocajewishcenter.org

Boca Raton Synagogue West (BRS West)

20900 Ruth and Baron Coleman Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33428
Modern Orthodox

Minyan: Times: call. Modern Orthodox kehillah under Rabbi Rael Blumenthal; the weekly calendar is a widget at brswest.net/calendar.html that did not load. Visitors: complete the online welcome form (brswest.net/welcome.html); 3 weeks' notice, no visits during chagim or winter break.

Contact: 561-394-0394 (Google listing) · 561-394-6254 (OU listing) · brswest.net

Chabad of West Boca Raton

19701 State Rd 7 (US-441), Boca Raton, FL 33498
Chabad

Minyan: Fri evening 6:30pm (page dated Oct 19, before the clock change; Nov 6 candle lighting is 5:17pm, so confirm the new time); Shabbat Hashkama 7:15am; Shabbat Shacharit 9:00am; Shabbat Mincha one hour before Shabbat ends; weekday Shacharit Mon-Fri 7:00am, Sun and legal holidays 8:30am; Mincha/Maariv Sun-Thu 6:30pm (as of Oct 19, likely earlier now). Rabbi Zalman Bukiet.

Contact: 561-487-2934

Chabad of Central Boca Raton

17950 N Military Trl, Boca Raton, FL 33496
Chabad

Minyan: Fri evening 6:20pm (listed Oct 30, before the clock change; Nov 6 candle lighting is 5:17pm, so confirm); Shabbat Shacharit 9:30am; Shabbat Mincha 6:10pm (listed Oct 31); weekday Shacharit Mon-Fri 6:30am and 7:30am, Sun and legal holidays 8:30am; Mincha/Maariv Sun-Thu 5:20pm (Nov 1-5). Reviewers mention a Shabbat kiddush.

Contact: 561-994-6257

Beth Midrash Sepharadi of Boca Raton

21301 Powerline Rd Ste 300, Boca Raton, FL 33433
Sephardic

Minyan: Times: call. Google building hours (not service times): Mon-Fri 6:30-8:30am and 6:00-8:30pm; Sat 9:00am-12:00pm and 5:30-8:30pm. Reviews mention a Shabbat lunch.

Contact: 786-262-3955

East Boca Kehilla

3881 NW 3rd Ave (222 Yamato Rd, Suite 106-301), Boca Raton, FL 33431
Orthodox

Minyan: Shabbat (Nov 7, per eastbocakehilla.org on Nov 1, 2026): Hashkama 7:15am; Shacharis 9:00am; Mincha 4:55pm; Maariv 6:14pm. Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat not listed (Nov 6 candle lighting 5:17pm, sunset 5:35pm): call. Sun Nov 1 posted: Shacharis 7:00 and 8:30am; early Mincha 1:00pm; Mincha/Maariv 5:25pm; late Maariv 9:00pm. Listed as an OU community; the shul's site does not state its affiliation.

Contact: 561-299-0810 (OU listing) · 561-287-3449 (Google) · eastbocakehilla.org · Shabbat hosting: Todd Greenwald 631-268-8364 (OU listing)

Maor David Synagogue (Sephardic, Rabbi Korkis)

4409 NW 5th Ave, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Sephardic

Minyan: Times: call. No schedule found online (Nov 2026); Google reviewers (undated) describe a welcoming community led by Rabbi Korkis, and the OU's communities listing names it as Maor David Yerushalayim

Contact: 561-755-7422

Chabad Israel Center (West Boca)

11449 W Palmetto Park Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33428
Chabad

Minyan: Times: call. Google reviewers (4.9 stars, 50 ratings) name Rabbi Naftali and Henya and describe Shabbat services and events; Google building hours 6:00am-10:00pm daily are not service times

Contact: 754-246-2479

Bircat Shalom Sephardic Minyan (West Boca)

10300 Courtside Ln, Boca Raton, FL 33428
Sephardic

Minyan: Times: call. Two Google listings at this address ('Bircat Shalom Sepharadic Synagouge' and 'sephardic minyan west boca'); Google building hours daily 5:30am-8:00pm (not service times); no website or schedule found

Contact: 561-756-6059

Kosher food

Grove Kosher Market

22191 Powerline Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33433
groceryORBShabbat meals · pre-orderFri closes 17:00

Prepared Shabbat food and catering; listed by both BRS and Chabad East Boca. Phone orders 561-620-7999. ORB certificate listed on orbkosher.com (valid through Dec 31, 2026).

Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00-20:00, Thu 8:00-21:30, Fri 7:30-17:00, Sat closed, Sun 9:00-19:00 · 561-620-7999 · grovekosher.com

Aroma Market & Catering

9200 Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33434
groceryORBShabbat meals · pre-orderFri closes 16:00

Prepared food and catering; listed by BRS and Chabad East Boca. ORB certificate listed on orbkosher.com (valid through Dec 31, 2026); Bamburgers counter inside is also ORB.

Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00-20:00, Thu 8:00-21:00, Fri 7:00-16:00, Sat closed, Sun 8:00-19:00 · 561-931-3300 · aromamarket.net

Mamush Prime Kosher Grill

5250 Town Center Cir #143, Boca Raton, FL 33486
meatORBShabbat meals · pre-orderFri closes 16:00

A Google review reports an early-Friday Shabbat catering buffet (mains and sides); call to order. Closed Sat.

Hours: Sun-Thu 12:00-23:00, Fri 9:45-16:00, Sat closed · 561-334-2947

Avi's Grill

249 E Palmetto Park Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33432
meatORB

Closed Fri and Sat. About a block from Boca Beach Chabad.

Hours: Sun-Thu 11:30-21:00, Fri and Sat closed · 561-896-4951

Grill Place

265 NE Spanish River Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33431
meatORB

Meat and parve; takeout. Friday closing time unclear on Google (shows 2:30), call before relying on it.

Hours: Sun-Thu 12:00-20:30, Fri from 10:30 (close time unclear), Sat closed · 561-334-2935

Chill & Grill Pita Boca

7158 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, FL 33433
meatORBFri closes 15:00

Counter service, around the corner from Young Israel. Fri hours end mid-afternoon.

Hours: Sun-Thu 11:00-21:00, Fri 11:00-15:00, Sat closed · 561-717-6968

Kosher Chobee Boca

21077 Powerline Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33433
meatORB

Closed Fri and Sat. Next to Boca Jewish Center.

Hours: Sun-Thu 11:30-21:30, Fri and Sat closed · 561-576-2584

Traditions South of Boca

7000 W Camino Real, Suite 100, Boca Raton, FL 33433
meatORB

Deli. Closed Fri and Sat.

Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-15:00 and 16:00-22:00, Sun 16:00-22:00, Fri and Sat closed · 561-295-3630

Lox N Bagel

21065 Powerline Rd Ste A6, Boca Raton, FL 33433
dairyORB (Cholov Yisroel)Fri closes 14:00

Bagels, breakfast and sandwiches. Closes 2pm Fri.

Hours: Sun-Thu 7:00-15:00, Fri 7:00-14:00, Sat closed · 561-245-8363

Carmela's

7300 W Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 33433
dairyORB (Cholov Yisroel)Fri closes 14:30

Milchig cafe with netilat yadayim; Rave Pizza & Sushi (also ORB) shares the address.

Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30-21:00, Fri 8:30-14:30, Sat closed, Sun 9:00-21:00 · 561-367-3412

Jon's Place

22191 Powerline Rd Ste 10B, Boca Raton, FL 33433
dairyORB (Cholov Yisroel)Fri closes 14:30

Pizza, knishes, falafel; Google shows it reopening about 8pm Motzei Shabbat.

Hours: Mon-Thu 11:00-21:00, Fri 11:00-14:30, Sun 12:00-21:00, Sat closed until after Shabbat · 561-338-0008

Yumm Sushi

21073 Powerline Rd #31, Boca Raton, FL 33433
pareveORBFri closes 14:30

Sushi and salads; takeout. Closes 2:30pm Fri.

Hours: Sun-Thu 11:00-21:30, Fri 11:00-14:30, Sat closed · 561-896-1134

All Kosher Supermarket Boca

22119 Powerline Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33433
groceryORBFri closes 14:00

Kosher supermarket next to Grove; Google reviews (5.0) mention frozen packaged meats and a Romanian meat section. No Shabbat-meal service found.

Hours: Mon-Thu 9:00-19:00, Fri 8:00-14:00, Sat closed, Sun 10:00-17:00 · 225-754-4700 (Google listing)

Sunflower Kosher Asian Cuisine (West Boca)

21659 State Rd 7, Boca Raton, FL 33428
meat—Fri closes 15:00

Asian menu (pad Thai, pho, sushi, steak per Google reviews); open on Google with 4.8 stars on 152 ratings and listed by kosherbocaraton.org, but not on the ORB restaurant list read, so the agency is unconfirmed: ask before eating. Closed Sat

Hours: Sun-Thu 12:00-22:00, Fri 11:00-15:00, Sat closed (Google) · 561-334-2985

Naamah Sushi

8177 Glades Rd Suite 20, Boca Raton, FL 33434
pareve—Fri closes 15:00

Sushi; open on Google with 4.8 stars on 310 ratings and listed by kosherbocaraton.org, but not on the ORB restaurant list read, so the agency is unconfirmed: ask before eating. Closed Sat

Hours: Sun-Thu 12:00-21:00, Fri 12:00-15:00, Sat closed (Google) · 561-617-7129

Mikvah

Boca Raton Mikvah (women's)

7900 Montoya Cir N (BRS campus), Boca Raton, FL 33433

Booking: By appointment only: register then book at brmikvah.org/register · voicemail 561-394-5854 · admin@brmikvah.org · confidential text line Ayelet 646-404-4414

Men's mikvah and kelim mikvah (via BRS)

Boca Raton (address given on the BRS request form)

Booking: Request form brsonline.shulcloud.com/form/mensmikvah · BRS 561-394-0394

What locals would tell you

  • For a walkable Shabbat, stay in East Boca: Hyatt Place, The Boca Raton, Ocean Lodge and Waterstone are 0.5-0.8 mi from Boca Beach Chabad (Chabad's hotel list) and Avi's Grill is a block away. BRS says no hotel is within walking distance of its Montoya Circle campus, so central-Boca guests rent a home nearby.
  • BRS hosting is mainly for people exploring membership: submit the Hospitality Intake Questionnaire (brsonline.shulcloud.com), placement not guaranteed. Boca Beach Chabad serves a free Shabbat Kiddush lunch if you register on its site.
  • Shabbat food: Grove (561-620-7999) and Aroma (561-931-3300, both ORB) are the prepared-food sources BRS and Chabad both list; Grove closes 5:00pm and Aroma 4:00pm Fridays (Google hours), candle lighting Fri Nov 6 is 5:17pm. Mamush reportedly runs an early-Friday Shabbat buffet. Order ahead.
  • Eruv: there are two (Boca Raton and East Boca) and no live weekly status page or hotline was found. Check your hotel against the map first and call Rabbi Rabovsky (561-702-6714) before walking near a border. Clocks went back Nov 1, so Friday shul times shifted earlier.
  • Car culture: central-Boca kosher is spread along Powerline Rd and Camino Real, while East Boca is a separate pocket. Most restaurants close Friday by mid-afternoon; Motzei Shabbat Smash House and Bambu Pan Asian reopen about 7:15-7:30pm (Google). Snowbird season (Dec-Mar) fills hotels, shuls and hospitality, so book early.
  • FLL and PBI are each about 35 min by taxi. Not found online as of Nov 2026 (checked the ORB, BRS and Chabad pages read): a kosher food source at either airport, so pack food or buy at Grove/Aroma. Local hechsher is ORB (orbkosher.com); Congregation Torah Ohr (19146 Lyons Rd, Century Village, 561-479-4049) has seasonal extra minyanim.
  • Weekly Shabbat times are posted late or as images. Boca Jewish Center's Shabbos Insider is at bocajewishcenter.org/insider and East Boca Kehilla lists Shabbat Mincha/Maariv on its homepage. Chabad of West and Central Boca still showed pre-clock-change Friday times (6:20-6:30pm) on Nov 1, so call before Nov 6.
  • BRS West takes visitors only through its online welcome form, with 3 weeks' notice and none during chagim or winter break. BRS West's page lists rental homes within walking distance (Airbnb), not hotels.
  • Not found online as of Nov 2026 (checked Google Places, the ORB Boca list and the kosherbocaraton.org pages that loaded): Falafel Bistro, Pita Zone, Kosher Marketplace, Boca Kosher and Grill Time as Boca Raton kosher places; Jerusalem Pizza shows only in North Miami Beach. Ben's Kosher Deli (9942 Clint Moore Rd, 561-470-9963; open Saturday on Google) and Glick's Kosher Market (7351 W Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach, 561-637-1717; closed Sat) are open on Google but not on the ORB list read, so their hechsher is unconfirmed; Grill Place (265 NE Spanish River Blvd) is the ORB-listed East Boca grill. Hotels on no BRS or Chabad visitor list and far from every shul, so Shabbat suitability is unknown: Hilton Garden Inn (Congress Ave), Residence Inn, Hampton Inn (Yamato Rd) and Wyndham Boca Raton. Booking.com's search could not resolve Hyatt Place Boca Raton/Downtown or Residence Inn Boca Raton by name on Nov 2 2026, though Google lists Hyatt Place. Ask Chabad East Boca (561-394-9770) or Young Israel (561-391-3235) before relying on any of these.

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