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Shabbat in Santiago

Chile · community hub: Las Condes / Lo Barnechea · airport SCL, about 45 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.

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

Eruv: yes

Run by Aish Chile (Vaad HaRabanim Aish Chile, Rabbi Eliahu Tamim; posek Rabbi David Avitan) and checked weekly, usually Thursday afternoon or Friday morning. The Sept 2024 manual's map shows the zone around Aish (San Jose de la Sierra), Jafetz Jaim, Mall Sport, Quinchamali and Los Frailes, plus a San Damian extension to Clinica Las Condes (enter only from Lo Fontecilla by Paul Harris; carry in the first courtyard and inside the building only). Chabad in La Dehesa (Los Cactus 1575) and the Wyndham Pettra appear to lie outside it, west of Av. La Dehesa: confirm with Aish before carrying there. No live status page found as of Nov 2026 (the old chilekosher.cl eruv page returns 404 and the site links only the manual); ask info@chilekosher.cl (subject Eruv) or Chile Kosher WhatsApp +56 2 2656 9288.

Where to stay

Wyndham Santiago Pettra

Comandante Malbec 12851, Lo Barnechea
Ask for a mechanical key

Five-star hotel about 0.5 km (6 min walk) from Jabad Lubavitch de Chile and 1.3 km (about 16 min) from Aish. Jewish Link (Mar 2025) calls it the visitors' hotel, a short walk from Chabad, for a Yeshiva-week group. Guests report an electronic room lock: a TripAdvisor review (Oct 2026) says the code failed and the replacement plastic card also failed, and Booking lists key-card access and an elevator, so ask for a mechanical key and a Shabbat elevator. Booking Q&A has no Shabbat information, and no kosher breakfast or Shabbat arrangement is stated by the hotel. It also appears to sit outside the eruv zone (see eruv). · +56 2 2937 4100

Apartment at San Jose de la Sierra 93 (B112), Booking.com listing

San Jose de la Sierra 93, Las Condes
Ask for a mechanical key

Private apartment rated 9.8 from 36 reviews on Booking.com. About 250 m from Aish and 300 m from Jafetz Jaim, Kosh and Kosher Market, the closest lodging found to the shuls. Booking lists an elevator; nothing is stated about Shabbat. Booking.com Q&A (Nov 2026) has no Shabbat information; confirm with the host. · — (book via Booking.com)

Casa Arrayan Hotel Boutique

Camino a Farellones 15201, Las Condes
Ask for a mechanical key

TotallyJewishTravel files it as observant-friendly, but its own comment calls it non-kosher and says 25 min walk to Aish (about 1.5 km by map). About 0.5 km from the Kosher GrillHouse, Oki Sushi and ITA Pizza, on the road to Valle Nevado. Breakfast included per TripAdvisor; Booking lists no elevator; nothing stated about Shabbat. Booking.com Q&A (Nov 2026) has no Shabbat information. Older TripAdvisor reviews (2016) say it is a small walled, gated property where staff open the gate on request, so ask how the gate works on Shabbat. · +56 9 8451 9835

Where to daven

Jabad Lubavitch de Chile (Chabad of Chile)

Los Cactus 1575, La Dehesa, Lo Barnechea
Chabad

Minyan: Fri: Shacharit 7:30, Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat 10 min before sunset. Shabbat: Shacharit 10:00 (page metadata says 9:30, so confirm), Mincha 10-15 min before the posted candle-lighting time, Maariv after. Weekdays Shacharit 7:30 (Sun and holidays 8:30); weekday Mincha/Maariv: call. Candle lighting posted for Fri 6 Nov 2026: 19:57. Services in Spanish; visitors report a Friday-night dinner here. Shabbat ends 20:56 on Sat 7 Nov 2026 (jabadchile.org).

Contact: +56 2 2216 2770 · jabadchile.org (no email published; contact form at jabadchile.org/tools/feedback.asp)

Aish HaTorah Chile

San Jose de la Sierra 55, Lo Barnechea / Las Condes
Orthodox

Minyan: Fri and Shabbat times: call (no schedule is readable online: aishchile.cl blocks automated reading and Google lists no hours). About 250 attend on Shabbat, with a kiddush after services (Jewish Link, Mar 2025). Weekday times in summer per an undated Google review: Shacharit 6:45, 7:30, 7:50 and 9:00; Mincha/Arvit 20:40. Heavy security: contact the office before you go, as one reviewer was turned away without a referral.

Contact: +56 2 2217 9589 · aishchile.cl

Kehila Jafetz Jaim (Comunidad Judia Ortodoxa de Chile)

Quinchamali 14159, Las Condes
Orthodox

Minyan: Times: call (Google lists no hours and no schedule page was found). A Google review says minyan every day of the week; Wikipedia says daily services and two rabbis. Mikve beside the synagogue (Cuadernos Judaicos).

Contact: +56 2 2217 1402

Kehila Jaredit Jazon Ish (Orthodox, Providencia)

Providencia (street not published), Santiago
Orthodox

Minyan: Times: call (no address, phone or schedule found online as of Nov 2026). Cuadernos Judaicos (undated article) lists it as one of four active Orthodox communities in Santiago, led by Rabbi Moishe Najimovsky, with a mikve beside the synagogue. Providencia is on the far side of the city from the Las Condes / Lo Barnechea hub (roughly 10 km or more), so it suits a Providencia stay only; ask Jabad Lubavitch de Chile or Aish for the street address

Contact: — (no phone found)

Kosher food

Jabad Lubavitch de Chile (visitor Shabbat meals)

Los Cactus 1575, La Dehesa, Lo Barnechea
cateringChabadShabbat meals · pre-order

A March 2025 visiting group had Friday-night dinner with the Perman family, and a Google reviewer describes Shabbat services and dinner hosted by the rebbetzin. jabadchile.org has no dinner page, price or booking form (checked Nov 2026): phone early in the week.

Hours: — · +56 2 2216 2770

Kosher Market

Las Brumas 20, Lo Barnechea / Las Condes
groceryChile Kosher (Vaad HaRabanim Aish Chile)Fri closes 18:00

Closed Sat and Sun; shuts 14:00-15:00 for lunch. A reviewer says stock is limited, with chicken and Israeli brands under other hechsherim.

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00-14:00 and 15:00-18:00; Sat-Sun closed (Google) · +56 2 2215 7895

Kosh

Av. Las Condes 14141, Las Condes
dairyChile Kosher (Vaad HaRabanim Aish Chile; Rabbi Eliahu Tamim)Fri closes 16:00

Sushi, pizza, salads and bowls. Closed Saturday; reopens Sunday 12:00.

Hours: Mon-Thu 12:30-21:45; Fri 12:00-16:00; Sat closed; Sun 12:00-22:00 (Google) · +56 9 3271 7942 · kosh.cl

The Kosher GrillHouse

Camino Los Refugios del Arrayan 15740, Lo Barnechea
meatChile Kosher (Vaad HaRabanim Aish Chile)Fri closes 16:30

Kosher meat, burgers and kosher Chilean wine. A reviewer says it delivered a meal to a traveller stuck at SCL. Google also lists Saturday 8:00-23:00, which looks like a data error or an after-Shabbat opening: confirm Shabbat closure by phone.

Hours: Mon-Thu 12:30-22:00; Fri 12:30-16:30; Sun 12:30-22:00 (Google) · +56 9 7762 5484

Oki Sushi

Camino Los Refugios del Arrayan 15740, Lo Barnechea
pareveChile Kosher (Vaad HaRabanim Aish Chile)Fri closes 17:00

Same address and phone as the GrillHouse; sushi, meat or dairy status not published, so ask. Google shows it reopening Saturday 20:30. A reviewer warns orders placed through Uber often do not arrive: order direct.

Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-22:00; Fri 12:00-17:00; Sat 20:30-24:00; Sun 12:00-22:00 (Google) · +56 9 7762 5484

ITA Pizza

Camino Los Refugios del Arrayan, Lo Barnechea (same complex as the GrillHouse)
dairyChile Kosher (listed by Chile Kosher)

Pizza and delivery. Google lists open every day 11:00-23:00, which looks wrong for a kosher place: confirm Friday and Saturday hours before relying on it.

Hours: Google: daily 11:00-23:00 (unconfirmed) · +56 9 9087 1557

Leib Portman's Kosher Food

La Luna 14000, Lo Barnechea
cateringChile Kosher (listed by Chile Kosher)Shabbat meals · pre-order

A Google reviewer says he prepares dishes for daily and Shabbat meals, and he catered a group lunch in March 2025 (Jewish Link). Friday pickup or hotel delivery is not published: call.

Hours: Mon-Thu 9:00-18:00; Fri from 9:00 (Google closing time is garbled); Sat-Sun closed · +56 9 3383 1321 · leibportman.cl

Las Tias Gourmet

Av. Las Condes 14141, Local 14, Las Condes
bakeryChile Kosher (listed by Chile Kosher)Fri closes 16:00

Cakes, baked goods and prepared food; closed Sat and Sun. Reviews mention a missed delivery and a late custom cake, so order ahead and confirm.

Hours: Mon-Thu 10:30-14:00 and 14:45-18:00; Fri 10:30-16:00; Sat-Sun closed (Google) · +56 9 9239 1939

Kocoa Cafe

La Niebla 47, Local 14, Lo Barnechea
bakeryChile Kosher (Vaad HaRabanim Aish Chile)

Cafe and pastries; Chile Kosher lists it as 'Kocoa'. Meat or dairy status, hours and phone not published. Coordinates are Google's geocode of La Niebla 47, Local 14, a few steps from Kosher Market (Las Brumas 20).

Hours: —

Dunkin' (Portal La Dehesa branch only)

Av. La Dehesa 1445 (Portal La Dehesa), Lo Barnechea
bakeryChile Kosher product list, Sept 2026 (this branch only)Fri closes 21:00

The list approves the donuts (named exceptions: double manjar with Oreo, chocolate sprinkles, Boston) and the listed hot and cold drinks at the Portal La Dehesa branch only. It is an ordinary shop that opens on Saturdays, so buy before Shabbat. About 0.5 km from Chabad and the Wyndham Pettra.

Hours: Mon-Sat 8:00-21:00; Sun 8:30-21:00 (Google)

Mikvah

Mikve at Jabad Lubavitch de Chile

Los Cactus 1575, La Dehesa, Lo Barnechea

Booking: +56 2 2216 2770 (hours and booking not published; the centre's site shows a mikve inauguration gallery, and a Google reviewer thanks Chabad for the mikve, undated)

Mikve at Kehila Jafetz Jaim

Quinchamali 14159, Las Condes

Booking: +56 2 2217 1402 (hours and booking not published; Aish's 2024 eruv map marks a mikve by Quinchamali, inside the eruv zone)

Mikve at Kehila Jaredit Jazon Ish (Providencia)

Providencia (street not published), Santiago

Booking: Address, hours and booking not published; Cuadernos Judaicos (undated) says a mikve stands beside this synagogue. Ask Jabad Lubavitch de Chile +56 2 2216 2770

What locals would tell you

  • Where to stay: the Orthodox community sits around Quinchamali and Av. Las Condes 14000 (Aish, Jafetz Jaim, Kosher Market, Kosh) and La Dehesa (Chabad), about 26 km and 45 min by taxi from SCL. The El Golf hotels (W, Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt Centric, Marriott, Icon) are 7 to 10 km from the nearest shul, so they do not work for walking on Shabbat. Only three lodgings near the shuls were found and none states a Shabbat key or elevator.
  • Shabbat meals: phone Jabad Lubavitch de Chile (+56 2 2216 2770) early in the week about Friday-night dinner for visitors; no booking page or price was found. Aish serves kiddush after Shabbat services. Leib Portman's (+56 9 3383 1321) prepares Shabbat meals: order by Thursday.
  • Friday closing: Kosh, Las Tias and the GrillHouse close about 16:00-16:30 on Friday and are shut Saturday (Google hours). Kosher Market is open to 18:00 but closes 14:00-15:00 for lunch; in the southern winter Shabbat starts around 17:30, so shop before noon. Candle lighting was 19:57 on Fri 6 Nov 2026 and Shabbat ended 20:56 on Sat 7 Nov (jabadchile.org).
  • Security and access: Aish has heavy security and a reviewer was refused entry without a referral, so contact the office before visiting; carry your passport and do not photograph the exteriors. Visitors describe a warm welcome at Chabad in La Dehesa.
  • Hechsher: Chile Kosher (Vaad HaRabanim Aish Chile, Rabbi Eliahu Tamim) certifies the local restaurants and shops; list and Pesach guide at chilekosher.cl, WhatsApp +56 2 2656 9288, info@chilekosher.cl. Cuadernos Judaicos says large supermarkets have kosher sections, but none was confirmed here. A Google reviewer (undated) says Lider no longer sells kosher chicken and Kosher Market does.
  • Airport and ski: no kosher food at SCL turned up in Google or searches as of Nov 2026, though the GrillHouse delivered to a traveller stranded there. A kosher Valle Nevado programme was likewise not found online as of Nov 2026; the Camino a Farellones hotels (Casa Arrayan) are near the GrillHouse cluster, but ask Chabad before planning a Shabbat on the mountain.
  • Eruv: the zone in Aish's Sept 2024 manual (Aish, Jafetz Jaim, Mall Sport, Quinchamali, Los Frailes, San Damian to Clinica Las Condes) does not appear to include La Dehesa, where Chabad and the Wyndham Pettra are. Ask Aish (info@chilekosher.cl) before carrying there, and note there is no live weekly status page.
  • Packaged food: Chile Kosher's product list (PDF, Sept 2026, chilekosher.cl) approves named items at Dunkin' Portal La Dehesa only and the boxed original Glazed Krispy Kreme dozen (dairy, powdered milk). It also names store-brand items at Jumbo, Lider, Tottus and Unimarc, but no kosher section at Jumbo was found.
  • Orthodox shuls checked (Nov 2026): Cuadernos Judaicos (undated) names four active Orthodox communities in Santiago: Aish, Jafetz Jaim, Jabad (La Dehesa) and Kehila Jaredit Jazon Ish (Providencia, listed above), and says the first Orthodox Sephardic synagogue was still awaited, so the Comunidad Israelita Sefaradi (Av. Ricardo Lyon 806, Providencia) is not listed as Orthodox. Beit Emunah (Mar Jonico 8860, Vitacura, +56 2 2224 8523) is a Google-listed synagogue with no denomination stated, and the Centro Israelita de Santiago (Maguen David, Mercaz Tefila) is not shown to be Orthodox; neither is listed. Bicur Joilim (Matta 624) is Conservative per Wikipedia and asks visitors to register. No separate Chabad house in Vitacura, Providencia or Lo Barnechea turned up in Google Places (English, Spanish, Hebrew) as of Nov 2026; ask Jabad Lubavitch de Chile. Chile Kosher's restaurant page also names Detroit and Basar with no address, and Google has no match for either. Shalom Yeshua (Av. Las Condes 8400) shows Google opening hours on Wednesdays only and no kosher certification was found, so it is not listed.

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