Governor amazed with Shliach's child choice of school

This week Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel from Chabad of Nashville, was invited to the office Tennessee’s Governor, Mr. Bill Haslam, at the Tennessee State Capitol. This visit was a follow up to the lighting of the Menorah this past Chanukah at the State Capitol by the Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Rabbi Tiechtel was joined by his son Levi and the president of Chabad of Nashville, Mr. Tommy Bernard, and by the honorable Judge Scott Rosenberg.

During the meeting Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel thanked the governor for his support of the Jewish community, and spoke about the beautiful new Chabad Center that is being built by Chabad of Nashville, and about the growth of Chabad across Tennessee, lead by the head Shliach of the state Rabbi Levi Klein. As of today Chabad Centers has been established in every one of the four major cities across the state, including Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and two in Nashville (including Chabad at Vanderbilt University).

During the meeting the governor asked Levi Tiechtel where he goes to school, and he told the governor that he goes to the Shluchim Online School. The governor asked what kind of school is that, and Levi Tiechtel explained how his classmates are around the world, and how he learns for six hours every day via the computer the Talmud and Jewish history in several languages, and his teacher sees him and all of his friends, and how his network of friends are nationwide. The Governor was amazed by this concept, and enjoyed the enthusiasm and excitement of the young Levi Tiechtel, and gave him a big hearty southern handshake.

The governor was presented with a beautiful Menorah, and said he will place it prominently in the Governor’s Mansion. The Speaker of the House Beth Harwell was also presented with her own Menorah, and said this will be the first Menorah that will grace the office of the Speaker in the Capitol Building.

On Monday of this week, Rabbi Tiechtel was also honored with being the Chaplain of the Day, and gave the invocation at the opening of the session of the Tennessee House of Representatives. The invocation included the message the Rebbe told Rabbi Moshe Feller to give to the US House of Representatives in Washington D.C. about the Seven Noahide laws, and governing with justice, knowing the presence of G-d dwells in their midst.

Following the presentation of the Invocation, Rabbi Tiechtel was presented with a certificate proclaiming him to be the Chaplain of the Day for the Tennessee State House of Representatives.

These events were a big Kiddush Hashem and Kiddush Shem Lubavitch, as the Jewish community of Tennessee is only 30,000 people out of five million people.

Click here to see the video of the invocation, and go to minute 6:15 of the video. http://tnga.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=110&clip_id=4880