Chabad Lubavitch of Qatar

Chabad-Lubavitch in Qatar
Type	No resident Chabad emissary or centre (visits and one-off activity only)
Headquarters	None in the country
Location	Qatar (no base)
Area served	Doha
Key people	None resident. 2022 World Cup service: Eliyahu Chitrik, supervised by Mendy Chitrik
Remarks	One-off activity (November–December 2022)

**Chabad**
Overview
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Rebbes
Shneur Zalman of Liadi \| Dovber Schneuri \| Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (Tzemach Tzedek) \| Shmuel Schneersohn \| Shalom Dovber Schneersohn \| Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn \| Menachem Mendel Schneerson
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In Scotland
The Shul in The Park/Shul in the Park (Scotland) \| Chabad of Edinburgh/Chabad Lubavitch of Edinburgh Limited \| Lubavitch of Scotland/Friends Of Lubavitch Scotland \| L'Chaim's (Giffnock) Ltd/L'Chaim's Kosher Catering Limited/L'Chaim's Restaurant Ltd
In West Asia and North Africa
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Europe
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In Sub-Saharan Africa
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Chabad-Lubavitch and Qatar: no resident emissary or centre; a temporary kosher food service during the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Chabad-Lubavitch in Qatar has no resident emissary, Chabad house or registered local body. No Qatari centre appears in the movement's own directory.^[1] Chabad.org noted in 2022 that Qatar "does not have a permanent Jewish population".^[2] The only documented Chabad activity is a temporary service during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Visits and one-off activity

There is no resident emissary or centre.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Rabbi Eliyahu Chitrik (then aged 21), son of Mendy Chitrik of Istanbul, ran a temporary, free kosher food service from a hotel kitchen supplied by Qatar Airways. Mendy Chitrik supervised it, and Rabbi Marc Schneier arranged it with the Qatari authorities. According to Chabad.org it served "about 100 bagel sandwiches each day" and up to 400 challahs on Shabbat.^[2]

Relations with the state

The 2022 service was arranged with the Qatari authorities through Marc Schneier, who is not described as Chabad, and used a kitchen supplied by the state airline.^[2]

Funding and controversies

None found.

References

↑ Lubavitch.com centres directory, regional indexes for the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe, accessed 21 October 2026. None lists Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar or Syria. Chabad-side directory.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Bruria Efune, "Kosher Food and Shabbat Arrive at World Cup in Qatar", Chabad.org, 28 November 2022. Chabad-side.

[LubRegions-1] Lubavitch.com centres directory, regional indexes for the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe, accessed 21 October 2026. None lists Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar or Syria. Chabad-side directory.

[Qatar2022-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Bruria Efune, "Kosher Food and Shabbat Arrive at World Cup in Qatar", Chabad.org, 28 November 2022. Chabad-side.

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Chabad Lubavitch of Qatar

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Visits and one-off activity

Relations with the state

Funding and controversies

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