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Belgium · community hub: Uccle / Forest / Saint-Gilles · airport BRU, about 25 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.
No Brussels eruv is mentioned on any community page checked (Great Synagogue, Chabad Brussels, The Shul, JGuide Europe, Chabad student centre page); English and French searches in Nov 2026 found no eruv page either. Do not assume one: ask your host, Rabbi Pinson's Uccle-Forest community (+32 2 344 60 94) or Beth Chabad (+32 2 534 18 50) before carrying. Antwerp, 40 min by train, has the Belgian eruv.
TotallyJewishTravel (page opened): 'Non kosher hotel 3 minutes walk from the Great Synagogue of Europe'. Booking.com lists key-card access and an elevator; Booking.com Q&A has nothing on Shabbat. Google reviews (two searches) and 10 TripAdvisor reviews (Nov 2026 check) mention no Shabbat key, elevator or kosher breakfast. Ask for a manual key · +32 2 518 11 00
TotallyJewishTravel (page opened): 'Non kosher hotel', '4 minutes walk from the Great Synagogue of Europe'. Not returned by Booking.com name search, so no Booking.com data. Google reviews (two searches) and 10 TripAdvisor reviews (Nov 2026 check) mention no Shabbat key, elevator or kosher breakfast; one Google reviewer (date not shown) checked in and out online. Ask for a manual key · +32 2 504 11 11
By Grand Place; est. 12-14 min walk to the Great Synagogue (about 0.85 km straight line). Booking.com lists key-card access and an elevator; Booking.com Q&A says guests and FAQs do not mention Shabbat arrangements. Google reviews (two searches) mention no Shabbat or kosher; TripAdvisor lookup returned other hotels, so not checked. Ask for a manual key · +32 2 547 47 47
Listed under Hotels on The Shul's Kosher in Brussels page; about 60 m from The Shul (est. 2 min walk). The page states no mechanical key, Shabbat elevator or kosher breakfast. Booking.com lists key-card access and an elevator; no Shabbat arrangement in Booking.com, Google or TripAdvisor reviews, so ask · +32 2 280 40 00
Listed under Hotels on The Shul's Kosher in Brussels page; est. 5 min walk to The Shul. The page states no mechanical key, Shabbat elevator or kosher breakfast. Booking.com lists key-card access and an elevator; a Google reviewer had an electronic key that needed resetting at the desk, so ask for a manual key · +32 2 235 51 00
Listed under Hotels on The Shul's Kosher in Brussels page (asuites.eu); est. 7-8 min walk to The Shul. No Shabbat facilities stated; Google reviews are mixed (basement rooms criticised, kitchenette in rooms) · +32 473 64 22 24
Closest hotel found to Beth Chabad (est. 4-5 min walk, about 300 m). Basic 3-star; Google reviewers call it dated with no air conditioning, and one mentions an elevator; Booking.com's facility list also shows an elevator (it does not list key-card access, but nothing says a manual key is offered). Booking.com Q&A and 10 TripAdvisor reviews (Nov 2026 check) say nothing on Shabbat or kosher food. Ask about key and elevator · +32 2 538 60 70
Above Gare du Midi (direct train links); est. 7 min walk to the CIOB shul on Rue de la Clinique and about 13 min to Beth Chabad. Booking.com lists key-card access, elevators and express/contactless check-in; Booking.com Q&A has nothing on Shabbat. Google reviews (two searches) and 10 TripAdvisor reviews (Nov 2026 check) mention no Shabbat key, elevator or kosher breakfast. Ask for a manual key · +32 2 528 98 00
Minyan: Fri evening office 18:00; Shabbat Shacharit 9:30; Shabbat Mincha 16:40-17:00 depending on the week (per the synagogue's own Novembre 2026 calendar page, synaregence.eu, Nov 2026 - confirm; the page prints Friday 18:00 even though candle lighting is 16:51, and its first row is labelled '1 Nov' though it carries the 6 Nov candle-lighting time). Its June 2025 page showed Friday 19:45 and Shacharit 9:30, so Friday time follows the season. Weekday times not published; the Dec 2026 and Jan 2027 monthly pages did not load. Google reviewers say it is closed to visitors outside services (security)
Contact: +32 2 512 43 34 · info@synaregence.eu · synaregence.eu
Minyan: Times: call (no times found online; not on Chabad Brussels' Synagogues in Belgium list, ciob.be unreadable, re-checked Nov 2026). A Google reviewer found it closed on a weekday morning, so confirm before going
Contact: +32 2 345 45 18 · info@ciob.be
Minyan: Times: call. TotallyJewishTravel lists weekday Shacharit and Mincha, Friday Mincha and Maariv, Shabbat Shacharit and Mincha, but gives no times; chabadbrussels.com's synagogue list shows the address with no times (re-checked Nov 2026); a Google reviewer says a minyan is assured
Contact: +32 2 344 60 94
Minyan: Times: call (no times on chabad.org, lubavitch.com or TotallyJewishTravel; chabadbrussels.com's Join us for Shabbat and Candle Times pages carry only an RSVP form and the candle-lighting rule, and its Facebook page blocks reading; re-checked Nov 2026). Hosts Friday-night and Shabbat meals for travellers, see Food
Contact: +32 2 534 18 50 · chabadbrussels.com (site blocks automated reading)
Minyan: Fri Kabbalat Shabbat: time not published, RSVP by email required; Shabbat Shacharit 10:00 (kiddush lunch 12:15); weekday Shacharit Mon-Thu 8:30, Sun 9:00 (weekday location by email)
Contact: +32 2 335 57 71 · WhatsApp +32 473 64 22 21 · theshul.eu (other listings show +32 2 335 67 71 or 66 70)
Minyan: Times: call (none found online, re-checked Nov 2026). Affiliation not stated in sources; Google reviewers describe a welcoming Shabbat community; chabadbrussels.com lists this address as Foyer Sepharade
Contact: +32 2 343 13 61 (Google) · 0475 24 54 99 (listed for Foyer Sepharade on chabadbrussels.com)
Minyan: Times: call. cisu.be says it holds Shabbat and holiday services and Shabbat meals; its Horaire des offices pages (cisu.be and new.cisu.be) carry no text, only a link to holiday times labelled 5779 (2018-19), so no current times (re-checked Nov 2026). Call +32 475 40 26 49
Contact: +32 475 40 26 49 · cisu.be
Minyan: Times: call (no website or times found); southern Uccle, about 4 km from the Messidor shul
Contact: +32 2 374 47 70
Minyan: Times: call (no schedule published online; nusach not stated). Google shows opening windows Mon-Fri about 8:00-9:30 and 18:00-20:00, Shabbat 9:30-12:30 and 18:00-20:00, Sun 8:45-10:00 (undated, only 2 reviews, not a minyan schedule); the shul is also named on Chabad Brussels' Synagogues in Belgium page
Contact: +32 470 48 40 05 (Google)
Minyan: Times: call (no times published online)
Contact: +32 484 69 88 16 (Google) · +32 475 285 967 (earlier listing)
Hosts Shabbat meals for tourists and locals (OK Kosher, 2016: about 20-60 guests; TotallyJewishTravel also lists 'Shabbat Meals Chabad of Brussels' at this address, supervision Chabad). Google reviewers (66 reviews, 5.0) describe Shabbat meals at Rabbi Lasker's table with guests from abroad. No prices or booking page found: call or write well before Shabbat. No hotel delivery stated
Hours: — · +32 2 534 18 50 · chabadbrussels.com
Friday night requires an RSVP by email; Shabbat kiddush lunch 12:15 after Shacharit 10:00. A Google reviewer describes dinner at the rabbi's home. Prices not published; certificate not stated, ask
Hours: — · +32 2 335 57 71 · WhatsApp +32 473 64 22 21 · theshul.eu
Israeli salads, dips, frozen pitta and bagels; a Google reviewer says you can eat lunch on site. TotallyJewishTravel files it as parve (Israeli, vegetarian, falafel); rabbiscer.org also lists Gel Tov Traiteur at this address. Ask about Shabbat orders
Hours: Mon-Thu 10:00-19:00, Fri 10:00-14:00, Sun 10:00-16:00; closed Sat (Google; winter Friday close may be earlier) · +32 2 346 87 00 · geltov.be
Closed Fri and Sat per Google, so not a Shabbat source. The Shul lists it (Instagram only); reviewers mention Israeli grill, shawarma, Uber Eats pick-up
Hours: Mon-Thu 18:30-22:30, Sun 12:00-14:00 and 18:30-22:30; closed Fri and Sat (Google) · +32 2 768 23 08 · instagram.com/grilltov
Google reviewers describe Israeli products, bread, cakes and pastrami sandwiches, also on Uber Eats. The TotallyJewishTravel listing at this address (older name or earlier occupant) is filed as a kosher restaurant under Chabad. Ask about Shabbat orders
Hours: — (not shown on Google; call) · +32 2 343 18 48
The Shul's Kosher in Brussels page lists an unnamed provider with a hidden contact email; ask The Shul (WhatsApp +32 473 64 22 21) for the name, certificate and hotel delivery
Hours: — · theshul.eu/tools/feedback.asp
Not a Brussels venue. A Google reviewer ordered from it during a Brussels Airport layover and it arrived warm and well packed. Closed Fri and Sat, so not a Shabbat-meal source; ask about delivery to Brussels hotels
Hours: Mon-Thu and Sun 12:00-15:00, 17:45-22:00; closed Fri and Sat (Google) · +32 3 808 60 00
Booking: By appointment only, same-day notice accepted: +32 2 345 45 18 or +32 2 347 33 29 (Mme Renee Haddad) · info@ciob.be. Supervised by Rav Pinson; not wheelchair accessible (mikvah.org)
Booking: Listing has no phone or hours; call Beth Chabad +32 2 534 18 50 to confirm before relying on it
Seen in older guides, checked Nov 2026: Shop: Eat A Nous (TotallyJewishTravel Brussels kosher listing, Chabad): its address, Rue Henri Wafelaerts 12, is the same as Hamakom's, so it is treated as an older name or earlier occupant and merged into the Hamakom entry; not listed separately. · O Délices d'Alice (kosher meat, Avenue Brugmann 522): TotallyJewishTravel's page (re-read) lists meat, Chabad, at Grill Tov's address with no hours or reviews, so it is treated as the same site; confirm which name and hechsher are current. · Mikvah Machsike Hadass, Brussels (TotallyJewishTravel listing): page not opened; the only Brussels mikveh confirmed with a phone is the Esther Salik mikveh run by CIOB. · Simon & Lina Haïm Sephardic synagogue (Rue des Pavillons 47, Schaerbeek) and the Orthodox synagogue at Rue Rogier 126-128, Schaerbeek: JGuide Europe says both were put up for sale in 2016; no closure date or current status found online as of Nov 2026, so not listed; ask Beth Chabad on +32 2 534 18 50 · Beth Hillel (Rue des Primeurs 80, Forest) is a Liberal congregation and is excluded. · Hotel Manos Premier (Chaussée de Charleroi 100/106): about 1.5 km from Beth Chabad and the Great Synagogue (est. 18-20 min walk), so not listed; Manos Stephanie (Chaussée de Charleroi 28) is nearer but has no Shabbat source. · Brussels kashrut list: consistoire.be and ciob.be block automated reading, consistoire.org is the Paris Consistoire, and the Chabad Brussels list covers products only, so no official Brussels restaurant list could be read; TotallyJewishTravel shows only four Brussels eateries (Gel Tov, O Delices d'Alice, Shop: Eat A Nous, Chabad Shabbat meals). · Shaarei Tsion (Rue de Boetendael 147, Uccle) is now listed under Shuls (Google place with phone and opening windows). Beth Israel (Av. Stalingrad 74, 1000): named on chabadbrussels.com's Synagogues in Belgium page with no phone, nusach or times; Google shows a pin with no phone, hours or reviews; not found online beyond that as of Nov 2026, so not listed; ask Beth Chabad on +32 2 534 18 50 or the Consistory