Rabbi Levi Duchman
Rabbi of the United Arab Emirates and Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to the UAE; named by the cRc list as rabbi of the Emirates Agency for Kosher Certification (EAKC)
Rabbi or supervisorAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesMember of AKOOn the cRc agency list
The two lists below name the agency he leads (EAKC), not him personally.
What public sources say
Each line is taken from the page linked beside it. Checked on October 4, 2026. Positions change, so open the source for the current wording.
In 2020 the Chabad-Lubavitch movement announced his appointment as its emissary to the UAE.
He opened the Emirates Agency for Kosher Certification (EAKC) in 2020.
EAKC partnered with the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism.
EAKC states that it certifies establishments such as hotels, restaurants, slaughterhouses, caterers and bakeries.
Listed by
AKO is an association of kashrus agencies. AKO itself says that membership is not an endorsement of an agency’s standards and that it does not audit its members.
The Chicago Rabbinical Council publishes a list of agencies it recommends. The cRc itself says that an agency missing from the list has not been judged substandard.
Worth asking the operator
Public pages rarely say how long someone has supervised a particular program. The operator can tell you.
- Who signs the kashrut certificate for this program, and can I see this year’s certificate?
- How many years has he supervised this operator’s Pesach programs, and this hotel in particular?
- Does an agency or beth din stand behind the certificate, or is it his personal hechsher?
- Is he in the hotel for the whole of Yom Tov, and how many mashgichim work under him?
Programs that name him
- KALATI Ultra Luxury, Palazzo Versace Dubai
The operator says: Rabbi Levi Duchman; chef team incl. Chief Rabbi of Iran and of the UAE
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