Shabbat in Malta (Valletta / Sliema)

No eruv

Chabad Malta's Shabbat page states 'Malta does not have ERUV, Carrying is not possible' (re-read 2 Nov 2026), so carrying is not possible anywhere on the island. No eruv status page exists.

Chabad Malta packed Shabbat food (to take to your hotel)

EUR 30 per person, paid as a donation. Order by WhatsApp or the contact page by Wednesday evening, no later than Thursday 21:00. No orders accepted on Friday.

Hours: Order deadline Thu 21:00 · +356 7923 3213

Chabad Malta hosted Shabbat and Yom Tov meals

Listed prices: Friday dinner EUR 30, Shabbat brunch EUR 30, children up to 10 EUR 20 / EUR 15; online form with card or PayPal. The same page says hosted meals are not offered until the new center is completed, yet a later section says meals are held at the Chabad Center (page inconsistent, re-read Nov 2026), and Chabad's community page describes Friday dinner as a five-course home-cooked meal. Confirm before booking.

Hours: Fri dinner after Kabbalat Shabbat; Shabbat brunch ~13:00 · +356 7923 3213

Chabad Malta kosher restaurant weekday hotel delivery

Weekday delivery only, not for Shabbat. Phone orders Sun-Thu 9:00-20:00, deliveries 16:30-21:30, delivery fee paid to the taxi driver. The site also says the restaurant is closed until the new center is completed, so call first.

Hours: Phone orders Sun-Thu 9:00-20:00 · +356 7923 3213

Local supermarkets (kosher-marked products)

Chabad's list covers ice cream, cookies, chocolate, oil, rice cakes, Kellogg's and Nestle items with the right stamp. Chabad says Malta has no dedicated kosher food store; its restaurant page says some local shops and supermarkets stock a few kosher products (no store names given).

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Chabad Malta kosher products and imports on request

Chabad's Kosher Food page lists wine, meat products, chicken, milk and other kosher products, and says it imports food ordered by community members; its restaurant page says the restaurant was Malta's only kosher food store and is now closed. The Jewish Chronicle (Aug 2023) says the rebbetzin has kosher meat flown in from Sicily. Agency not stated; message Chabad for what is in stock.

Hours: By arrangement (WhatsApp) · +356 7923 3213

Chabad Malta mikvah (women)

Booking: +356 7923 3213 · contact form on jewishmalta.com

• Stay on the Sliema / Gzira side (The Strand, Belvedere St, Triq Tonna): a few minutes from Chabad Center and about 1 km from the Ta' Xbiex shul. Hilton Malta, InterContinental and Hugo's in St Julian's are roughly 1.4-1.8 km from Chabad by straight line, and reviews call the Paceville streets around Hugo's loud until 2-4am.
• Shabbat pattern per Chabad's site: Friday night at the Chabad Center (Kabbalat Shabbat 30 min after candle lighting). Saturday the group meets 9:00 at Balluta Square beside the Marriott, walks to the Ta' Xbiex shul for 10:00 (Rabbi Segal's walk is about 35 min), then returns for ~13:00 brunch, Mincha and Havdalah. There is no eruv.
• Book Shabbat food early. Packed Shabbat food is EUR 30 per person: WhatsApp +356 7923 3213 by Wednesday evening, absolute deadline Thursday 21:00, nothing on Friday. Hosted meals (EUR 30 dinner, EUR 30 brunch) are shown on the site but the site says they are paused until the new center opens, so confirm.
• The Chabad kosher restaurant L'Chaim is closed: Chabad's own Kosher Restaurant page says 'The restaurant is closed Until the completion of the new center' (read 2 Nov 2026; no closure or reopening date). Google (80 reviews) and older guides still list it at George Borg Olivier St, St Julian's, and Chabad's Kosher Food page still calls it 'the only Kosher restaurant in Malta' with no closure note, so those are out of date. The new center is the former post office on Triq Manwel Dimech; MaltaToday (undated) reports Planning Authority approval for a 41-seat synagogue and kosher restaurant there, and says two other synagogues already operate in ordinary residential buildings in St Julian's and Ta' Xbiex (the St Julian's one was not identified: ask Chabad). Chabad's terms page (read 2 Nov 2026) still lists weekday phone orders Sun-Thu 9:00-20:00 and delivery 16:30-21:30 island-wide except Gozo; call first.
• Malta has no kosher shop of its own (no shechita; Chabad's rebbetzin has meat flown in from Sicily per the Jewish Chronicle, 2023). Supermarkets stock some stamped items listed on Chabad's kosher list, Chabad imports food ordered by community members (message it), and isitkosher.uk is recommended there. Bring supplies, and check airline kosher meals because no airport kosher option was found online as of Nov 2026.
• Chabad does publish a 'Hotels in the Chabad House area' page (jewishmalta.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/2133381/jewish/page.htm) saying every hotel listed is within about 15 minutes' walk of 'the Chabad House and Restaurant', but no hotel names came through in the page text when read on 2 Nov 2026: open it in a browser or ask Chabad. It may date from the former restaurant site, so check distances to the Sliema center. Booking.com Q&A, Tripadvisor and Google reviews (Nov 2026) show no hotel stating a Shabbat elevator, mechanical key or kosher breakfast, and the Marriott's lifts are reported to work by key-card scan. Ask the hotel in advance. The synagogue is in a residential building under government-funded security, so contact Chabad before turning up. For a Gozo day trip, be back well before candle lighting.

Seen in older guides, checked Nov 2026: L'Chaim kosher restaurant, George Borg Olivier St, Paceville / St Julian's (+356 2759 3527 on Google): Chabad's own Kosher Restaurant page (jewishmalta.com, read 2 Nov 2026) says 'The restaurant is closed Until the completion of the new center'; the page gives no closure or reopening date. Google (80 reviews) and older guides such as totallyjewishtravel still list it with no closure note. · Hosted Shabbat and Yom Tov meals at Chabad: Chabad's Shabbat and Holiday Registration page (read 2 Nov 2026) says 'SORRY, we don't host Shabbat and holiday meals Until the completion of the new center' and offers packed food at EUR 30 instead; the same page also describes a Friday dinner and Shabbat brunch at the Chabad Center, so confirm. · Original community mikvah built by the Ohayon family at their factory (about 40 years ago): no longer in use per Ynet, January 2025. · Mdina 'Old Jewish Quarter' shown as a synagogue on Google Maps: only a sign and a closed door remain, there is no minyan (The Jewish Chronicle, 2023; Google reviewers agree). Valletta's Jew's Sally Port is a heritage site, not a shul.