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A companion for the days you are actually here. What is open right now, what shuts before Shabbat, where to eat within a few minutes' walk, and what happened on the ground under your feet.
Download on the App Store iPhone. Free, no account. Or try it in your browser to plan before you go.Every kitchen names the body that certifies it — or says plainly that it does not know.
Nothing is inferred, nothing is copied across from another branch, and nothing is invented. The same rule covers the shuls: if a minyan is not published by the shul, it is not in here. That rule is the reason the app took as long as it did, and it is the only thing that makes it worth carrying.
Candle lighting, havdalah and every zman — worked out from the sun's position for where you are standing, not for a city centre you are not in.
Kitchens carry the certifying body, the kind of food, the price band and how far it is on foot.
Ask anything. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence the question is read on the device itself, and answered from what is written in the app.
Every walk shows the climb ahead of you, not just the distance. Jerusalem is a city of hills and stairs and the difference matters.
Everything on one map, coloured by what it is, measured from where you are staying.
What it does
The teudah, not a rumour
Read from the Jerusalem Religious Council register and Tzohar's published list. Where two sources disagree, it says so rather than picking one.
Which kitchens shut when
Friday listed in the order things close, what to book before candles, and what is walkable once it has come in. The Jewish calendar is bundled through 2028.
It works underground
Every place, walk, shul, mikveh and calendar time is on the phone. In the Old City, on a plane, or roaming with data off, it opens and works.
Type it or say it
"Somewhere mehadrin near me for lunch." "How far is Machane Yehuda from the Kotel." It answers from what is written in the app, and says when something is not written down rather than making it up.
A plan built around what is open
It reads the opening hours for the actual days you are here, works out which one is Shabbat, and clusters each day so you are not crossing the city twice. Add your own stops and it rebuilds around them.
No account, no tracking, no ads
There is no sign-up, no analytics, no advertising and no server of ours. Your saved places, itinerary and notes stay on your phone.
Something wrong?
A kitchen that has changed hands, a hechsher that has moved, a shul whose times have shifted — corrections are welcome and acted on. abeyelie@gmail.com