Chabad Lubavitch of Sierra Leone
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Chabad-Lubavitch and Sierra Leone: no resident emissary or centre; holiday visits to Freetown by rabbinical students sent by Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa, and a Tanya printing (2010)
| Chabad-Lubavitch in Sierra Leone
| |
|---|---|
| Type | No resident Chabad emissary or centre (visits and one-off activity only) |
| Headquarters | None in the country |
| Location | None in the country; served from Kinshasa |
| Area served | Freetown |
| Key people | None resident. Visits organised by Shlomo Bentolila (Kinshasa) |
| Remarks | Visits only |
Chabad-Lubavitch in Sierra Leone has no resident emissary or Chabad house. Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa, based in Kinshasa, lists "Punctual visits to Freetown" with synagogue services, holiday and summer programmes and an online Hebrew school. Sierra Leone is not marked as "permanent representation".[1]
Visits
There is no resident emissary or centre. All of the following are Chabad-side accounts.
- 2010. Two rabbinical students, Yehuda Kirsh and Yisrael Kirsh, printed a Tanya in Freetown, sponsored by Chabad of Central Africa (blog post, 9 November 2010).[2]
- 2012 and 2013. Chabad of Central Africa announced community seders in Freetown for Passover 2012 and 2013, led by rabbinical students. It said students were sent to Freetown for the 2013 High Holidays.[2]
- Passover 2015. COLlive reported that a community seder was held in Freetown.[3]
- Passover 2018. Chabad.org listed Sierra Leone among the places where seders would be held.[4]
Funding and controversies
None found.
See also
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Sierra Leone
- Chabad Lubavitch of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Chabad Lubavitch of Ghana
- Chabad Lubavitch of Ivory Coast
References
- ↑ Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa, "Our Locations", JewishAfrica.com, accessed 22 October 2026 (undated). Chabad-side.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa, "Blog", JewishAfrica.com, accessed 22 October 2026; dated posts from 21 April 2010 to 2 December 2013, some republished from COLlive, Lubavitch.com and Chabad.org. Chabad-side.
- ↑ "Pesach Celebrated Across Africa", COLlive, 16 April 2015. Chabad-side (community news site).
- ↑ Chabad.org, "2018 Passover Campaign" (media release), 2018. Chabad-side.