Kosher Guide to Prague

No. Chabad of Prague states that there is no eruv in Prague, so plan to carry nothing outdoors on Shabbos.

Chabad's Ahavat Yosef Synagogue on U Milosrdných has Shacharis, Mincha and Maariv every day. The Jewish Community of Prague holds Shabbos morning services at the Old-New Synagogue at 9:00 AM, Friday-evening services in the High Synagogue next door, and a Shabbos morning service at the Jerusalem Synagogue from 8:45 AM.

Monday to Friday at 7:45 AM, and Sunday and Chol Hamoed at 8:30 AM. Shabbos Shacharis is at 10:00 AM.

Chabad of Prague (book online or at the Chabad Grill by Friday 2:00 PM), the Jewish Community's Šalom restaurant in the Jewish Town Hall (reserve by Thursday), 5th District by King Solomon (by reservation), and Hotel King David (Friday dinner EUR 90, Shabbos lunch EUR 70).

Chabad runs the Chabad Grill (meat), U Milo (dairy Italian) and Shelanu Pizzeria (dairy). The Jewish Community runs Šalom (meat lunches on weekdays). There are also 5th District by King Solomon (glatt meat), Mizlala (Israeli meat, under the Chief Rabbinate), and the restaurant and dairy café at Hotel King David. A few ordinary cafés and bakeries sell some items certified by the Chief Rabbinate, such as Mansson's Bakery's breads and Choco Café's chocolates; only those items are kosher.

Yes. Hotel King David on Hybernská in Prague 1 describes itself as a kosher Le Mehadrin hotel, supervised by Rabbi Eliyahu Rotenberg of Jerusalem and the Jewish Community of Prague's kashrut department, with a kosher restaurant and a dairy café.

The Jewish Community's kosher store on the first floor of the Jewish Town Hall at Maiselova 18 sells kosher meat, cheeses, wines and packaged food, and the Chabad Kosher Shop at the Chabad Center is open daily 12:00 PM–6:30 PM. The Jewish Community also publishes a list of kosher products sold in Czech supermarkets.

Yes. The women's mikvah is by appointment; book by text or WhatsApp at +420 731 136 013 or at mikveprag@gmail.com. It is under the supervision of Prague's Chief Rabbi, David Peter. A men's mikvah operates at the Hotel King David spa in the early morning.

Sunday to Friday; they are closed on Saturdays and Jewish holidays. Hours run from 9:00 AM until 4:30 PM in winter and up to 7:00 PM from May to August.

The Jewish Town ticket covers all Jewish Museum sites and the Old-New Synagogue: adults CZK 600, children 6–15 and students CZK 400, under 6 free.

Franz Kafka is buried in the New Jewish Cemetery in Žižkov, Prague 3. Entry is free; it is open Sunday to Thursday and on Friday until 2:00 PM, and closed on Saturdays and Jewish holidays.

The currency is the Czech koruna (CZK). Plugs are Type C/E at 230V, and the country calling code is +420.

Take trolleybus 59 to Veleslavín and metro line A into the centre, or bus 100 to Zličín and metro line B; both use regular PID tickets bought before boarding. Uber is the airport's official taxi service.

No. The Jewish Quarter, the Old Town and the New Town are compact and walkable, and the metro, trams and buses cover the rest of the city on one PID ticket.