ABUJA, Nigeria — Rabbi Motti Seligson hasn't spent a Passover Seder with his family since the age of 16. He's not alone. Every year, thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis and rabbinical students travel around the world with their parents' permission to assist Chabad Houses with their Passover needs and conduct Seders in Jewish communities without a permanent rabbi.
A Bittersweet Passover for Rabbis Who Leave Home for Holiday
ABUJA, Nigeria — Rabbi Motti Seligson hasn’t spent a Passover Seder with his family since the age of 16. He’s not alone. Every year, thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis and rabbinical students travel around the world with their parents’ permission to assist Chabad Houses with their Passover needs and conduct Seders in Jewish communities without a permanent rabbi.
Such celebrations frequently attract hundreds of people, as was the case this year in Cambodia, where young couple Rabbi Mendy and Esti Boaz organized the first modern Seder in the Southeast Asian nation.
Seligson is among the most traveled of itinerant emissaries, having spent Passovers in Cyprus, Australia, Russia, Ukraine and several nations in Africa. Last year while on his way to Windhoek, Namibia, he was stopped at a border check for running out of pages in his much used passport.
This year, Seligson and a partner ran festivities in Abuja, Nigeria, one of half a dozen African locations that hosted Seders. Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, the Congo-based executive director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Central Africa, organized the teams of visiting students, who traveled to such places as Uganda and Ethiopia.
In Africa, as at the other locations worldwide, Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the education arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, co-sponsored the visiting rabbinical teams.
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Motti keep up the great work
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Motti is da man!
Love you dude,
Keep it real!