Masbia (Hebrew: משביע, lit., "satiate")[3] is a network of kosher soup kitchens in New York City.

[5] Mordechai Mandelbaum, a Hasidic Jewish resident of Brooklyn, donated the seed money for the first restaurant in Borough Park in 2005.

He and co-founder Alexander Rapaport, another member of the Brooklyn Hasidic community, were aware of many families who had fallen on hard times and were struggling with the high costs of rent and tuition.

Mandelbaum proposed the idea of feeding Jewish families in a more "formal, systematic way" through a free kosher restaurant which would be supported by others in the community who were still well-off.

[6][7] Masbia was set up as a restaurant in order not to humiliate singles and families who were unused to eating in a soup kitchen.

[14] The dining rooms, open Sunday through Thursday from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m., have an upscale look, with polished wood floors, cloth-covered tables, and wall paintings.

For example, the menu in Queens one night was vegetable soup, roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, watermelon, apples, rolls, and hot tea.

[11] One night a year, on the yahrtzeit of the Kerestir Rebbe, Rabbi Yeshayah Steiner (d. 1925), who was known for feeding the hungry, steak is served.

[7] Beginning in summer 2010, Masbia began collecting weekly donations of fresh produce from the Food Bank For New York City and New York City Harvest, and unsold produce from farmers markets in Boro Park and Windsor Terrace.