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Czech Republic · community hub: Josefov (Old-New Synagogue) · airport PRG, 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.
No eruv in Prague: Chabad Prague's FAQ (page last modified 26 Mar 2019) states 'There is no Eiruv in Prague' and Kosher Traveling's Prague page says the city has none; Jewish Community pages mention none and no status page exists. Do not carry outside a private domain on Shabbat.
Chabad Prague's Hebrew hotel list labels it suitable for Shabbat observers (English list has no label); 1 min walk to Chabad House. Apartments often have no staff and use codes/app entry - confirm door access. Review pass (1 Nov 2026): Google reviewers mention a receptionist (undated) but no Shabbat key, door or elevator detail; Booking.com search did not return it, so confirm door access before Shabbat. · +420 777 727 744
Chabad Prague lists it as 'Shabbos friendly' (suitable for Shabbat); about 5 min walk to Chabad House. The property's own reply in Booking.com Q&A (read Nov 2026): 'yes we can give you a mechanical keys for Shabbat', and the corridor sensors are inactive from Friday afternoon until Saturday evening; the listing shows a 24-hour front desk and an elevator (no Shabbat mode stated). Guests report nightclub noise from below the apartments, even on the top floor (TripAdvisor review Sep 2026; a Google review says the same of the street) · +420 608 632 850
Glatt/Mehadrin kosher 5-star ('Le Mehadrin', Rabbi Eliyahu Rotenberg of Jerusalem per hotel site); Shabbat keys and manual locks, kosher breakfast, Shabbat lunch, on-site synagogue and mikvah. Booking.com Q&A (Nov 2026) agrees: Shabbat (mechanical) keys on request, dairy kosher breakfast buffet, glatt buffet dinner Sun-Thu with Shabbat meals when booking half board, synagogue on site; its system does not allow a Saturday check-out date and a 12:00 Saturday check-out 'cannot be guaranteed in advance'. Guests report two elevators, one of which runs automatically as a Shabbat elevator from Friday evening to Saturday evening (TripAdvisor review, May 2026; not stated on the hotel pages we read). About 20 min walk from Josefov, 5 min from Jerusalem Synagogue · +420 224 100 100 (24/7 reception) · reservations +420 226 280 833 (Sun-Fri 9:00-17:00) · reservation@hotelkingdavid.cz
On Chabad Prague's hotel list, 4 min walk to Chabad House; no Shabbat label on Chabad's list, Kosher Traveling or in searches - ask about mechanical key and elevator. Review pass (1 Nov 2026): Booking.com Q&A says room doors use electronic key cards (listing also shows key-card access and an elevator) and states no Shabbat or kosher arrangement; Google and TripAdvisor guest reviews (2026) mention nothing on Shabbat. Ask whether staff can open the door or issue a mechanical key. · +420 225 303 111
On Chabad Prague's hotel list, 7 min walk to Chabad House; no Shabbat label on Chabad's list, Kosher Traveling or in searches - confirm key/elevator. Review pass (1 Nov 2026): Booking.com Q&A says room doors use electronic key cards (listing also shows key-card access and an elevator) and states no Shabbat or kosher arrangement; Google and TripAdvisor guest reviews (2026) mention nothing on Shabbat. Ask whether staff can open the door or issue a mechanical key. · +420 221 700 111
On Chabad Prague's hotel list, 3 min walk to Chabad House; no Shabbat label on Chabad's list, Kosher Traveling or in searches - confirm key/elevator. Review pass (1 Nov 2026): Booking.com Q&A says room doors use electronic key cards (listing also shows key-card access and an elevator) and states no Shabbat or kosher arrangement; Google and TripAdvisor guest reviews (2026) mention nothing on Shabbat. Ask whether staff can open the door or issue a mechanical key. Older guides list this address as InterContinental Prague. · +420 296 631 111
On Chabad Prague's hotel list, 1 min walk to Chabad House. TripAdvisor listing text (hotel-supplied, undated, read 1 Nov 2026) says guests get a dairy kosher buffet breakfast included in the room price; the supervision and any Shabbat arrangement are not stated, so ask about the hechsher, a mechanical key and the elevator. Booking.com search did not return it; Google and TripAdvisor guest reviews (2026) mention no Shabbat key, elevator or kosher breakfast · +420 608 608 520
On Chabad Prague's English hotel list, 8 min walk to Chabad House; no Shabbat information in Chabad's Hebrew list, Kosher Traveling or searches - confirm key/elevator. Review pass (1 Nov 2026): Booking.com Q&A says room doors use electronic key cards (listing also shows key-card access and an elevator) and states no Shabbat or kosher arrangement; Google and TripAdvisor guest reviews (2026) mention nothing on Shabbat (one TripAdvisor reviewer notes a walk to the Jewish quarter). Ask whether staff can open the door or issue a mechanical key. · +420 221 427 000
About 130 m from Chabad House (Google Places coordinates). The hotel's own Booking.com Q&A reply (read Nov 2026): 'we have just magnetic keys but my colleague will be more than happy to open the door of your room for you'; 'Unfortunately we don't serve kosher breakfast'; no Shabbat elevator offered. No Saturday check-in or check-out rule stated. Not on Chabad's hotel list as read; suits guests who accept staff-opened doors · +420 410 000 024
Minyan: Fri Kabbalat Shabbat + Maariv 1 hr before dusk (19:30 May-Aug; July 2026 newsletter: Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat, Maariv 19:30); winter Friday clock time not published - Times: call; Sat Shacharit 9:00; weekday Shacharit: see High Synagogue (weekday Maariv here 19:30 per community page)
Contact: Rabbinate secretariat +420 224 800 849 · synagogue desk +420 224 800 812 · kehilaprag.cz. No published visitor pre-registration for prayer; Jewish Community venues ask guests to pass a security check - bring passport. Closed to tourist visits on Saturdays and Jewish holidays
Minyan: Daily Shacharit 8:30 and Mincha 14:00 per community page (July 2026 newsletter shows Mon/Thu Shacharit 7:00, Shabbat Mincha 13:45); Google reviews say daily prayers but not always a minyan; Fri evening: at Old-New; Sat Shacharit: Times: call (not listed; community lists Shabbat morning at Old-New 9:00 and Jerusalem 8:45)
Contact: Rabbinate secretariat +420 224 800 849 · synagogue desk +420 224 800 812 · kehilaprag.cz
Minyan: Fri winter: Kabbalat Shabbat 18:00 as published (Chabad's site titles it 'Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat'; that is after early-Nov candle lighting 16:13 and sunset 16:31, so confirm); no separate Friday Mincha time on site; Sep-Mar weekday Mincha/Maariv 15 min before sunset, set weekly in the WhatsApp group (Friday not confirmed); summer Kabbalat Shabbat and weekday Mincha/Maariv 19:30; Sat Shacharit 10:00, Mincha right after Musaf (winter) / 15 min before sunset (summer), Maariv + Havdalah at end of Shabbat; weekday Shacharit 7:45 Mon-Fri (Sun and Chol HaMoed 8:30); a Google reviewer calls it 'the only minyan daily in town' (undated review, not confirmed by the Jewish Community)
Contact: +420 724 300 120 (kashrut questions, WhatsApp) · +420 728 186 832 (kosher meal orders, WhatsApp) · info@chabadprague.cz · chabadprague.cz (WhatsApp group for weekly Mincha times)
Minyan: Fri evening: Times: call (none listed; the community lists its Friday service at Old-New only); Sat Shacharit 8:45 (community page 8:50; July 2026 newsletter 8:45); weekday: none listed (Shabbat and holidays); a visitor guide (viewfromprague.com, updated Aug 2026) says its main services are Friday evening and Saturday but gives no clock time, which conflicts with the community listing its Friday service at Old-New only, so confirm
Contact: Rabbinate secretariat +420 224 800 849 · kehilaprag.cz
Minyan: Times: call (daily on-site minyanim reported; a guest review at joshvogel.substack.com says Mincha and Maariv run back-to-back around plag hamincha, mostly Nusach Ashkenaz; a Google review says Shabbat meal guests can pray at the hotel's service); Booking.com Q&A (Nov 2026) also confirms a synagogue on site, still no clock time
Contact: +420 224 100 100 (24/7 reception) · hotelkingdavid.cz
Minyan: Shabbat and holidays; Times: call +420 608 865 936. Google reviews say it hosts Friday night and Shabbat day meals (one reviewer: under 50 euro for both; about 3 km from Josefov); reviewers say they joined davening on Friday night and Shabbat day, and Google lists the centre open Fri 9:00-23:00 and Sat 10:00-22:00 (listing hours, not prayer times)
Contact: +420 608 865 936 (Google Places listing)
Prepaid Shabbat meals Fri night + Sat day: 1,150 CZK adult / 590 CZK child under 12 (older community pages show 690-850 CZK). Register via Google Form on restaurant.kehilaprag.cz; security check at entry; challah by email before Thu 14:00
Hours: Mon-Fri 11:30-14:00 per community site (Google shows Mon-Thu 12:30-17:30, Fri 12:30-15:00, Sat 11:30-14:00 - call to confirm); Sat prepaid Shabbat meals only; closed Sun · +420 224 800 808 · restaurant.kehilaprag.cz
Shabbat challah: order by email before Thu 14:00, pickup only; security check at entry
Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-18:00; Fri 10:00-15:00; closed Sat · +420 224 800 806
Chabad Shabbat meals (Fri night + Sat lunch) in the hall next to the grill: four-course feast with unlimited soft drinks and wine. Register at chabadprague.cz/f/ or at the grill - Hebrew page says by Thu 22:00, English page says until Fri 14:00, so book by Thursday. Price not published
Hours: Sun-Thu 12:30-22:00; Fri 10:00-14:30; closed Sat (Google Places) · +420 728 186 832 (WhatsApp orders) · kosher@chabadprague.cz · +420 724 300 120
Dairy a la carte; not a Shabbat meal seller (Shabbat meals are booked through Chabad). Closed Fri night and Sat; reopens Motzei Shabbat about 30 min after Shabbat until 23:30 per Chabad site (Google lists 21:00-24:00)
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30-22:00; Fri 8:30-15:00; Sun 9:30-22:00; Motzei Shabbat late opening (Google Places) · +420 728 186 832 · kosher@chabadprague.cz
Not a Shabbat meal provider; closes Fri 15:00 per Chabad's site (Google shows Fri to 22:00 - trust Chabad's 15:00); closed Sat
Hours: Sun-Thu 11:00-21:30; Fri 11:00-15:00 · +420 728 186 832 · kosher@chabadprague.cz
Sells Israeli brands: dairy, meat, frozen, wine, snacks, baking supplies. Inside Chabad House; Chabad's site names no hechsher for the shop (it says its restaurants are under the Chabad Rabbinate of Prague)
Hours: Daily 12:00-18:30 per Chabad site; no Friday time published - confirm (Google shows Chabad House open Fri 10:30-15:00) · +420 724 300 120 · info@chabadprague.cz
Friday-night Shabbat dinner needs prepayment by Thursday, booked via kosher.cz (Table Journey, checked 20 May 2026); a tour-guide blog (Aug 2026) also lists Friday-night and Shabbat/holiday meals. In Your Pocket (undated) says 'Friday dinner and Saturday lunch are by reservation only'; Table Journey (re-checked 29 Oct 2026) lists Saturday as by reservation only and says the restaurant invites guests to a Shabbat meal. Price and hechsher not on any page we could read (kosher.cz blocks automated reading) - call +420 224 818 752 to confirm
Hours: Sun-Fri 11:00-22:00; closed Sat (Google Places; Friday evening hours unreliable, expect earlier closing in winter) · +420 224 818 752 · info@kosher.cz · kosher.cz
Fri dinner and Sat lunch served as buffet, reservation recommended; Shabbat lunch 14:00-16:00 (Google review: dining room is two floors below ground, no windows). Google Places shows Sat breakfast 8:00-11:00 too. A Google review (undated) quotes about 60 euro per person for a supper (not stated to be the Shabbat meal); a TripAdvisor review (Jun 2026) says the Saturday morning buffet, advertised until 11:00, was cleared early with staff pressing guests to finish, so arrive early
Hours: Breakfast from 7:00; dinner 18:00-21:00; Sat 8:00-11:00 and 14:00-16:00 (Google Places) · +420 224 100 100 · fb@hotelkingdavid.cz
Dairy meals and light bites in Lobby Bar David
Hours: — · +420 224 100 100
Kosher Traveling lists advance registration for Fri night and Sat day meals (Seudah Shlishit not served; unverified listing); confirm directly. Google reviewers say glatt but no certifying agency found; closed Sat
Hours: Mon-Thu and Sun 12:00-21:30; Fri 12:00-17:00 per Google (after winter candle lighting - call for Friday closing); closed Sat · +420 774 030 123
Kosher trdelnik cafe plus a shop with Israeli-made food. No hechsher found in any source read (Google lists it as kosher; it shares King Solomon's phone) - confirm before relying on it
Hours: Mon-Fri and Sun 10:00-20:00 per Google Places (Friday evening hours unreliable in winter); closed Sat · +420 224 818 752
Booking: SMS/WhatsApp +420 731 136 013 (also on the community page) or +420 608 501 549; women only, appointment only, 24 hrs notice; Kosher Traveling: 7 min from Chabad House
Booking: +420 224 100 100 (hotel 24/7 reception); men's mikvah needs no booking, women's by prior arrangement (Kosher Traveling); non-guest access not confirmed
Seen in older guides, checked Nov 2026: Dinitz Kosher (Bilkova 12): In Your Pocket's listing says the restaurant has become Bissli (bisli.cz), and Google Places (Nov 2026) finds no Dinitz or kosher listing there; older guides, VisitCzechia and Table Journey still list it. Not listed here as a kosher option: confirm any current certificate with the Prague Rabbinate (+420 224 800 849). · InterContinental Prague (Parizska 30): renamed. Google Places and Booking.com (Nov 2026) show only Fairmont Golden Prague at this address; see hotels.