All the synagogues in Rome, which can be found on www.JewishRome.com, required advanced registration before Friday at 2 pm in order to gain entrance, you will need to complete the following form here.
There is no Eruv in Rome. If you are coming with children that can’t walk we could try to find you a baby-sitter or you could ask your Rabbi if a non-Jew could bring back your child after the meal.
To attend services and Shabbat meals, the dress code can be smart casual or informal, with no need for a tie.
Book a Shabbat meal with Chabad!
Since 2014, Chabad in the Piazza Bologna area in Rome hosts large family-style Shabbat and holiday meals for local Jews, foreign students learning in Rome and tourists, to enable them to live a true Shabbat and holiday experience.
At the moment, we host on Friday night, and sometimes also Shabbat day.
For most of the summertime, we do not organize Shabbat meals.
To sign up go to the Event list and select a Shabbat, registration closes Friday at 10 am.
There are many Hotels and Kosher B&B in the Piazza Bologna area, Click here to book a regular Hotel or here for a Kosher B&B,
If you would like to stay at a luxury 5 star hotel in the center of Rome, the Via Veneto area has many which are between 20 and 30 minutes walk, click here to book a luxury 5 star hotel.
Chabad Hamerkaz in the Center of Rome also hosts Shabbos meals on certain dates. For more information and to book, click here.
Families are happy to host visitors for free, we have families close to the synagogues in the Piazza Bologna, Repubblica, and Marconi area. The closest families to the Great Synagogue are about a half-hour walk. Fewer families are in Rome during the months of July-August.
To be set up by a family please fill out the form.
The donation is for Chabad to search for a family, arrange the meals, and ensure the request is serious.
The families put in lots of effort to host visitors, unfortunately in the past people who booked didn’t show up, for the families to continue to host people we ask you to please notify us or the family as much in advance if you won’t be able to participate.
All synagogues host a Kiddush with a light refreshment after Musaf on Shabbat day.
Restaurants (not Glatt) in the Ghetto quarter are open on Shabbat by prepaying in advance (the price is 45 euro per person per meal), please contact Baghetto, Bella Carne, Renato, and Yotvata restaurants to find out if they are open during your stay.
Meals could also be purchased at the restaurants before Shabbat, closing time is around 3 pm.
There are Kosher private caterings in Rome that prepare and also deliver meals to your hotel, they need to receive the order usually by Wednesday.
Hot plates and hot water urns could be rented from Chabad.
Chabad has a large Sukkah for all the Yom Tov meals. Flour, Little Tripoli, Yotvata, and Dolce Kosher have a Sukkah. Chabad also erects a Sukkah in Piazza Barberini.
2 Responses
Dear Rabbi and Rebetzin Lazar,
Thank you for making our Shabbat in Rome a memorable one.
It’s always nice to feel like “home” wherever you go.
Please thank Shani too.
Susan and Shimmy Leibowitz
Thank you for your positive feedback.