Family-Friendly Kosher Home in Edinburgh

Stay in the heart of Edinburgh at our cosy, family-friendly kosher holiday home - walking distance from the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation synagogue. With kosher-friendly facilities and plenty of space for the whole family, you’ll feel right at home while exploring everything this beautiful city has to offer.

Kosher Facilities
The accommodation is fully equipped with kosher facilities, implemented and maintained by Rabbi Isaac Ansell-Forsyth, who you can contact at any time with questions via the links below:

- Email
- WhatsApp

Kitchen
The house is equipped with a fully kosher kitchen. It is primarily dairy (milchik/ halavi) - that means pots, pans, plates, cutlery, cups oven, dishwasher, countertops, sink, microwave, and warming tray (plata). If you want to eat or cook meat (fleishik/ basari), here's what you can do:

• Plates, cutlery, cups - use disposable ones.
• Oven - double wrap your food in tin foil.
• Microwave - use the meat turntable and microwave food cover.
• Warming tray - cover with two layers of tin foil.
• Surfaces/ tables - don't put meat directly on surfaces, use meat placemats and coasters.

All of these materials are provided (e.g. tin foil, disposables), but if you can't find something, just contact us and we'll sort if for you!

Shabbat
The house is also fully Shabbat-friendly. We provide tealights, matches, time-switches, a Shabbat lamp, warming tray (plata), hot-water urn. The fridge light can be disabled by sticking down the switch inside the door with the provided tape. There is a sensor light at the front door that can be turned off with via the labelled switch just inside the front door to the left. There is no eiruv in Edinburgh, so you can use the keylock to store your key when you go out (and the front gate is opened by a non-electrical push-button lock).

Kosher food in Scotland
Scotland has a growing array of food options for those who want to keep kosher. Before your stay, we will provide you with a guide to shopping, food by delivery and catering services.

Local Jewish community links
Orthodox synagogue | Chabad

House Layout
Our newly converted 2 bedroom house, with shared garden, on the outskirts of Central Edinburgh is available for rental. Can accommodate up to five and has excellent transport links.

The master bedroom is located upstairs and has a king size bed and additional portable bed (double). Generally we only provide this additional bed if either there are 4 or more people or it is requested by the guests.

A secondary bedroom is located on the ground floor with bunk beds. There is an open plan kitchen and living area. The bathroom has a bath and a shower. Outside there is a patio and access to a spacious shared garden.