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Mifgash HaEsh

מפגש האש

Restaurant · Jewish home cooking and grilled meats · ₪₪ · The Jerusalem religious council (Jerusalem Rabbinate)

23 Yirmiyahu Street, Jerusalem

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A kosher meat restaurant on Yirmiyahu Street that has served Jewish home cooking and grilled meats since 1979.

Mifgash HaEsh is a meat restaurant at 23 Yirmiyahu Street, and its site dates it to 1979. Its site says it is a meeting point between an authentic Jewish kitchen and grilled meats, and carries the line that it is the most Jewish restaurant in Jerusalem. Beside the restaurant menu its site takes orders of cooked food for Shabbat at the weekend and of dishes for midweek, and on Fridays the place opens from 8:30 until 14:00. The site also lists an events hall, Stars Halls.

16 facts checked 2026-10-14

At a glance

Shabbat
Closed. Friday until 14:00
Kosher
The Jerusalem religious council (Jerusalem Rabbinate)
Diet
Jewish home cooking and grilled meats
Prices
₪₪ of ₪₪₪
Wheelchair
disabled parking, wheelchair access into the restaurant and an accessible toilet
Parking
Accessible parking listed
  • Own website

Photos

For illustration: the town and the trade, not Mifgash HaEsh itself.

Grilled beef and chicken kebabs on a pita, with salad and chillies

Cyapoj / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Grilled beef and chicken kebabs on a pita, with salad and chillies
Café tables and umbrellas on Ben Yehuda Street, central Jerusalem

Bahnfrend / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Café tables and umbrellas on Ben Yehuda Street, central Jerusalem

Opening hours

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Opening hours by day
Sunday to Wednesday12:00-23:00
Thursday12:00-00:00
Friday08:30-14:00
SaturdayClosed

Candle lighting 5:46 PMShabbat ends 6:41 PM

As published on mifgash-haesh.co.il, read 2026-10-14. Shabbat times in Jerusalem

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Sources disagree on these hours

Its site gives Sunday to Wednesday 12:00 to 23:00, Thursday 12:00 to 00:00 and Friday 8:30 to 14:00.

Location

Map showing Mifgash HaEsh at 23 Yirmiyahu Street, Jerusalem

23 Yirmiyahu Street, Jerusalem

  • Train: Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon0.5 km from the door, straight line
  • Bus: Nearest stop 27 mlines 16, 55, 64, 65, 69, 133, 134, 544

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-14.

Questions

About Mifgash HaEsh

  • Closed on ShabbatOpen 6 days a week; on Friday it closes at 14:00.
  • 0.5 km from Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon stationBus stops within 236 m: ירמיהו/ארגמן, ארגמן/ירמיהו, תכלת מרדכי/ארגמן, ירמיהו/שמגר, ישיבת אור אלחנן/פתח תקוה.
  • Price band ₪₪On its Wolt page soups cost 28 to 48 shekels, starters 27 to 75 and an entrecôte steak 110 to 150.

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