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{{short description|'''Chabad-Lubavitch and Qatar: no resident emissary or centre; a temporary kosher food service during the 2022 FIFA World Cup'''}}<br />
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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Chabad-Lubavitch in Qatar<br />
| type = No resident Chabad emissary or centre (visits and one-off activity only)<br />
| headquarters = None in the country<br />
| location = Qatar (no base)<br />
| area_served = Doha<br />
| key_people = None resident. 2022 World Cup service: [[Eliyahu Chitrik]], supervised by [[Mendy Chitrik]]<br />
| remarks = One-off activity (November–December 2022)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Chabad-Lubavitch in Qatar''' has no resident emissary, Chabad house or registered local body. No Qatari centre appears in the movement's own directory.<ref name="LubRegions" /> [[Chabad.org]] noted in 2022 that Qatar "does not have a permanent Jewish population".<ref name="Qatar2022" /> The only documented Chabad activity is a temporary service during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.<br />
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== Visits and one-off activity ==<br />
There is no resident emissary or centre.<br />
* '''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.<ref name="Qatar2022" /><br />
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== Relations with the state ==<br />
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.<ref name="Qatar2022" /><br />
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== Funding and controversies ==<br />
None found.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Qatar]]<br />
* [[Chabad-Lubavitch in West Asia]]<br />
* [[Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States]]<br />
* [[Chabad Lubavitch of Oman]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="LubRegions">Lubavitch.com centres directory, regional indexes for the [https://www.lubavitch.com/centers/middle-east/ Middle East], [https://www.lubavitch.com/centers/asia/ Asia], [https://www.lubavitch.com/centers/africa/ Africa] and [https://www.lubavitch.com/centers/europe/ Europe], accessed 21 October 2026. None lists Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar or Syria. Chabad-side directory.</ref><br />
<ref name="Qatar2022">Bruria Efune, [https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/5715310/jewish/Kosher-Food-and-Shabbat-Arrive-at-World-Cup-in-Qatar.htm "Kosher Food and Shabbat Arrive at World Cup in Qatar"], Chabad.org, 28 November 2022. Chabad-side.</ref><br />
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