The chain's own pictures, from its Instagram. More photographs

Katsefet Beit Shemesh Gates of the City

קצפת בית שמש שער העיר

Ice cream shop · Ice cream · Frozen yogurt · Belgian waffles and French crêpes

The Katsefet ice cream branch in the Gates of the City Mall in Beit Shemesh, open Sunday to Friday and on Saturday night

Katsefet Beit Shemesh Gates of the City is in the Gates of the City Mall in Beit Shemesh, one of the 35 branches on the chain's list. The list gives the address as the Gates of the City Mall, with no street number. The chain's story page says Belgian waffles and French crêpes are made on the spot in front of the customer, and that it makes ice cream cakes to order. The branch is open Sunday to Thursday from 8:30 to 23:30 and on Friday from 8:30 to 13:00, and on Saturday night it opens an hour after Shabbat ends and stays open until midnight. The chain's branch list says its kashrut is mehadrin, but shows no certificate. The chain's branch list tags this branch as accessible, with an accessible entrance, access for the hard of hearing and accessible toilets in the mall complex.

16 facts checked 2026-10-27

At a glance

Shabbat: Closed. Friday until 13:00, back an hour after it ends
Kosher: Unknown
Diet: Ice cream, frozen yogurt, belgian waffles and french crêpes
Wheelchair: The chain's branch list tags this branch as accessible, with an accessible entrance, access for the hard of hearing and accessible toilets in the mall complex

Own website
Active on Instagram
Facebook page
Open on Friday

Photos

On the chain's Facebook

For illustration: the town and the trade, not Katsefet Beit Shemesh Gates of the City itself. The chain's own pictures are on Instagram

Trays of gelato in a shop's display counter, each flavour on a chalk label — Trays of gelato behind a counter

Houses and apartment blocks of Beit Shemesh seen from the south, with olive trees in front and wooded hills behind. — Houses and apartment blocks of Beit Shemesh seen from the south, with olive trees in front and wooded hills behind

Opening hours

Checking the clock in Israel

Opening hours by day
	12:0016:0020:00
Sunday	08:30-23:30
Monday	08:30-23:30
Tuesday	08:30-23:30
Wednesday	08:30-23:30
Thursday	08:30-23:30
Friday	08:30-13:00
Saturday	18:19-00:00

On Saturday it opens an hour after Shabbat ends, so the time moves with the week: 18:19 this week.

Candle lighting 4:22 PMShabbat ends 5:19 PM

As published on katsefet.co.il, read 2026-10-27. Shabbat times in Beit Shemesh

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Sources disagree on these hours

These are the hours that the chain's branch list gives for this branch, read on 27 October 2026. The list's Friday row is headed "Friday and holiday eves". For Saturday the list gives only a time after Shabbat ends and no daytime hours.

Location

Gates of the City Mall, Beit Shemesh

Waze Google Maps

Train: Beit Shemesh0.3 km from the door, straight line
Bus: Nearest stop 48 mlines 33, 115, 408, 411, 412, 507, 509, 614 and 6 more

Questions

Sunday to Thursday 08:30 to 23:30, Friday 08:30 to 13:00, Saturday from an hour after Shabbat ends to 00:00. As listed on katsefet.co.il, read on 27 October 2026.

No. On Friday it closes at 13:00, and it opens again an hour after Shabbat ends: at 18:19 this Saturday, until 00:00.

Gates of the City Mall, Beit Shemesh. As listed on katsefet.co.il, read on 27 October 2026.

By train: Beit Shemesh station is 0.3 km away. By bus: the nearest stops are שד.יגאל אלון/החרש (48 m), העלייה/יגאל אלון (75 m), ת. רכבת בית שמש/החרש (119 m), יגאל אלון/העלייה (172 m), מסוף הרכבת/הורדה (190 m).

02-940-2230, as published on katsefet.co.il.

No. We found no listing on Wolt or on 10bis when we checked on 27 October 2026.

About Katsefet Beit Shemesh Gates of the City

Closed on ShabbatOn Friday it closes at 13:00, and on Saturday it opens an hour after Shabbat ends: 18:19 this week.
0.3 km from Beit Shemesh stationBus stops within 190 m: שד.יגאל אלון/החרש, העלייה/יגאל אלון, ת. רכבת בית שמש/החרש, יגאל אלון/העלייה, מסוף הרכבת/הורדה.
Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.

Instagram Facebook TikTok katsefet.co.il

Katsefet Beit Shemesh Gates of the City is a ice cream shop at Gates of the City Mall in Beit Shemesh, in the Jerusalem District. It is one of the 35 Katsefet branches listed on katsefet.co.il.

Hours, as listed on katsefet.co.il on 27 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 08:30 to 23:30, Friday 08:30 to 13:00, Saturday from an hour after Shabbat ends to 00:00.

The nearest railway station is Beit Shemesh, 0.3 km away. The nearest bus stops are שד.יגאל אלון/החרש (48 m), העלייה/יגאל אלון (75 m), ת. רכבת בית שמש/החרש (119 m).

The chain's branch list marks it kosher mehadrin; no certificate is shown there. The chain's home page says that all its products are kosher mehadrin, supervised among others by the Badatz of the Haredi community in Jerusalem. The chain's branch list tags each branch with its accessibility arrangements, read on 27 October 2026. The chain's accessibility statement, updated on 30 September 2025, says each branch's arrangements are listed on its branches page.

Beit Shemesh does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.

The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.

Kosher certificate: The chain's branch list marks it kosher mehadrin; no certificate is shown there. The chain's home page says that all its products are kosher mehadrin, supervised among others by the Badatz of the Haredi community in Jerusalem. katsefet.co.il2026-10-27
Accessibility statement: The chain's branch list tags each branch with its accessibility arrangements, read on 27 October 2026. The chain's accessibility statement, updated on 30 September 2025, says each branch's arrangements are listed on its branches page. katsefet.co.il2026-10-27
Companies Registrar: The chain's accessibility statement is in the name of קצפת פרש בע״מ (Katsefet Fresh Ltd), and the Companies Registrar, read on 27 October 2026, lists KATSEFET - FRESH LTD, company number 513912923, as an active private company incorporated on 1 January 2007 and registered at 41 HaAyal in Jerusalem, the address the statement gives for registered mail. The chain's pages do not say which company runs this branch. data.gov.il2026-10-27
Municipal business licence: Beit Shemesh publishes its business-licensing process, the licensing bodies, the requirements by type of business and a chat for applicants, but no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. betshemesh.muni.il2026-10-26

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Field	Value	Source	Read on	Use
Name	קצפת בית שמש שער העיר / Katsefet Beit Shemesh Gates of the City	katsefet.co.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Address	Gates of the City Mall	katsefet.co.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Coordinates	31.75584, 34.98791 (the government's map (named place))	govmap.gov.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Phone	02-940-2230	katsefet.co.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Chain	Katsefet, 35 branches	katsefet.co.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Website	katsefet.co.il	katsefet.co.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Logo	Its own icon, from katsefet.co.il	katsefet.co.il	2026-10-27	Quoted, attributed
Opening hours	Sunday to Thursday 08:30 to 23:30, Friday 08:30 to 13:00, Saturday from an hour after Shabbat ends to 00:00	katsefet.co.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
What it is like	Written from katsefet.co.il	katsefet.co.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Kosher certificate	Unknown	katsefet.co.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Accessibility	The chain's branch list tags this branch as accessible, with an accessible entrance, access for the hard of hearing and accessible toilets in the mall complex	katsefet.co.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Train and bus	Beit Shemesh 0.3 km; שד.יגאל אלון/החרש 48 m; העלייה/יגאל אלון 75 m; העלייה/יגאל אלון 92 m; ת. רכבת בית שמש/החרש 119 m; יגאל אלון/העלייה 172 m; מסוף הרכבת/הורדה 190 m	openstreetmap.org	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Delivery apps	Not on Wolt or 10bis	Our own check	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Companies Registrar	The chain's accessibility statement is in the name of קצפת פרש בע״מ (Katsefet Fresh Ltd), and the Companies Registrar, read on 27 October 2026, lists KATSEFET - FRESH LTD, company number 513912923, as an active private company incorporated on 1 January 2007 and registered at 41 HaAyal in Jerusalem, the address the statement gives for registered mail. The chain's pages do not say which company runs this branch.	data.gov.il	2026-10-27	Fact, shown
Business licence	Beit Shemesh publishes its business-licensing process, the licensing bodies, the requirements by type of business and a chat for applicants, but no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il.	betshemesh.muni.il	2026-10-26	Fact, shown
Photographs	2 licensed	instagram.com	2026-10-27	Linked, not copied

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