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Chabad, kosher food and the world's largest Seder: Nepal for Jewish travellers

Kathmandu hosts the world's largest Passover Seder, and Chabad houses dot the trekking trails. Here's how Jewish travellers — observant or not — plan…

By Laxman Rawal · Jun 14, 2026

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Here is something that surprises first-time visitors: Nepal has one of the most remarkable Jewish travel infrastructures anywhere in Asia. Kathmandu hosts what is regularly called the world's largest Passover Seder, and Chabad houses are woven into the…

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A community on the trail

Chabad of Nepal has operated in Kathmandu for three decades, and its Passover Seder — held in the capital with overflow seders in Pokhara, the Manang/Annapurna area and, in recent years, even Everest-region villages — has become legendary. For Rosh Hashanah…

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Eating on the trail

In Kathmandu and Pokhara, kosher-friendly and vegetarian options are easy to find, and the Chabad houses offer meals around the holidays. On the trail itself, the staple dal bhat — lentils, rice and vegetables — is naturally vegetarian, so eating simply and…

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