Shabbat in Mumbai

Eruv: unknown

Not found online as of Nov 2026 (checked Chabad Mumbai's site chabadindia.org, Wikipedia's list of places with eruvin which has no India entry, Mumbai Jewish travel guides, Google and English searches); a weekly status page was not found either. Ask Rabbi Kozlovsky on +91 97690 60840 before carrying outdoors.

Kosher Mumbai (Chabad House restaurant)

Shabbat dinner is at the Chabad House (RSVP, donation); restaurant delivers citywide (reviewers report deliveries to the Taj Mahal Palace); closed Saturday; tourists report walk-ins being questioned, so call first

Hours: Sun-Thu 9:00-21:30; Fri 9:00-15:00 (chabadindia.org) but Google shows Fri 11:30-14:30 and Mon-Thu/Sun 9:00-21:00; Sat closed; menu meat and vegetarian, Israeli and Indian · +91 93725 29495 (orders/WhatsApp) · +91 97690 60840 · koshermumbai.com

Chabad House Friday-night Shabbat dinner (Nariman House)

RSVP in advance on the Shabbat Reservations form at chabadindia.org: choose Friday night dinner, Shabbat lunch or both (card form; no set price, donation options US$36 to US$1,500); arranged groups US$30 per person; sponsor US$180 co / US$500 full; form lists Shabbat dates through 26 Dec 2026

Hours: Fri night after Kabbalat Shabbat (about 30 min after candle lighting): Shalom Aleichem, Kiddush, 3 courses; Shabbat lunch time not published · +91 97690 60840 (call/WhatsApp) · RSVP form: chabadindia.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/7039417/jewish/Shabbat-Reservations.htm

Kosher Mumbai catering and group orders

Catering and groups of 10+: +91 88797 33929, bulk orders 3 days ahead; menu lists Shabbat items (2 challah INR 125, chicken soup with matzah ball INR 350, Khreime fish INR 600); 5% service charge; kitchen closes 15:00 Fri per Chabad menu (Google shows 14:30), so collect or deliver before 14:00

Hours: Sun-Thu 12:00-21:00; Fri 12:00-15:00 (older Chabad menu PDF, check current) · +91 88797 33929 (catering) · +91 93725 29495 (orders)

Knesset Eliyahoo community Friday-night meal (shul basement)

JC (2020) describes a Baghdadi meal of about a dozen dishes in the shul basement after Friday service, cooked by the president's family for congregants and guests; not a published programme, ask the shul; Mumbai has its own shochet; a Melton School sample group trip also lists Shabbat lunch at the shul

Hours: After Fri night service; times not published · +91 22 2283 1502 (Google listing)

Mikvah Mei-Menachem (Chabad Mumbai), women only

Booking: Chaya Kozlovsky +91 88797 33929 (call/WhatsApp); by appointment only, open daily except Friday night

• Stay in Colaba (walk to Nariman House) or Fort/Kala Ghoda (walk to Knesset Eliyahoo); the two are about 1.4 km apart. No Shabbat elevator or mechanical key is documented for any Mumbai hotel (Booking.com lists key-card access at the Taj, Suba Palace, Abode, Fariyas and Godwin; one Booking.com Q&A mentions metal keys at Backpacker Panda), so ask for a low floor and check when you book. Jewish tour groups have spent Shabbat at the Taj Mahal Palace, within walking distance of Knesset Eliyahoo.
• Shabbat meals: Chabad House at Nariman House. RSVP on the Shabbat Reservations form at chabadindia.org (choose Friday dinner, Shabbat lunch or both) or WhatsApp +91 97690 60840; no set price, donation options from US$36 (arranged groups US$30 per person). Kabbalat Shabbat starts about 30 minutes after candle lighting; Shabbat day service times are not published, so ask.
• Security is tight after 2008: bring passports (carry extra copies), register ahead through Chabad or a Jewish heritage guide, and expect questions at the door. Knesset Eliyahoo is closed to tourists Fri and Sat (services only). A traveller blogging in Feb 2025 booked a Bene Israel guide via jewishindiatours.com who registered the group for each shul.
• Friday food: Kosher Mumbai (Chabad) closes 15:00 Friday per Chabad's page but Google shows 11:30-14:30, so plan on 14:30; it is shut Saturday, so collect or take delivery before noon. Group orders of 10+ need 3 days notice (+91 88797 33929). Pure-vegetarian Indian restaurants are not kosher certified. A kosher grocery or a BOM airport kosher counter was not found online as of Nov 2026 (checked Google Places and Chabad pages), so carry snacks and ask Kosher Mumbai on +91 88797 33929. OK Kosher certifies Godrej products (OK symbol on some sold locally).
• Getting around: pre-book Uber, or take a black-and-yellow taxi from outside arrivals (Chabad says the fare to Colaba should not exceed INR 650); the airport drive takes about an hour. Sort out all taxis before candle lighting. Monsoon (Jun-Sep) rain can flood streets and delay taxis, so be in place early Friday.
• Heritage and beyond: Bene Israel and Baghdadi shuls (Gate of Mercy 1796, Shaare Rason, Magen Hassidim, Magen David) are mostly visited by tour. For Goa, Chabad House Palolem runs Shabbat dinners in season, but reviewers report monsoon-season closure; confirm before travelling. Chabad of Pune (Wellington Mews, Koregaon Park; +91 86579 70770) also exists.
• Chabad's Visiting Mumbai page says there are "10 synagogues in Mumbai, 6 of them are active on Shabbat and Holidays", but none publishes clock times: ask Chabad Mumbai to arrange registration or an escort, and expect small minyanim at the Bene Israel and Gate of Mercy shuls (a 2014 report says Gate of Mercy sometimes struggles to reach ten on Shabbat).
• Also active, about 25 km north in Thane (not a Shabbat walk from the hotels): Gate of Heaven (Shaar Harashamayim) Synagogue, Agiary Lane, J.M. Road, Thane West 400601 (19.1993, 72.9773), +91 22 2540 8117; Google Places (Nov 2026): 4.4 from 93 reviews, reviewers say it is active, has an armed police post and is closed to non-Jews. Service times are not published, so call before going.
• Not found online as of Nov 2026 (checked Google Places, chabadindia.org, English and Hebrew searches); ask Chabad Mumbai on +91 97690 60840: a Chabad of Bandra; a separate 'Kosher India' delivery service (Kosher Mumbai is the only kosher delivery located); ORT India kosher products (Kosher LIFE in Borivali sells essential oils, not kosher groceries); Etz Haeem, which appears only as a prayer hall in references with no address or services. Hotels near Chabad checked but not listed: Trident Nariman Point (about 1.4 km) and Gordon House Hotel (Battery St, Colaba; near Suba Palace). The Bentleys on Chabad's list is matched to Bentleys Hotel, 14 Oliver St, Colaba, not Hotel Bentley on Marine Drive (Churchgate, about 2.3 km from Nariman House).

Seen in older guides, checked Nov 2026: Rodef Shalom (Byculla): listed as closed in Wikipedia's list of Maharashtra synagogues (read Nov 2026); Google Places finds no listing for it (Nov 2026); not included