Road Sage Big Winner At Richmond Maccabi Games

RICHMOND, VA [CHI] — In the parking lot of the Maccabi Games in Richmond, VA the famous Road Sage stationed itself for three days! Rabbis Yudel Rader and Levi Margolin drove the mobile mitzvah center to Richmond to assist in distributing Shabbat Candles, souvenirs and to put on teffilin with people at the games.

While the Road Sage gained much popularity in the lot, inside, hundreds of young Jewish athletes, spectators, volunteers and family members visited Chabad of Virginia’s booth, under the Direction of new Shliach to the area, Rabbi Mendy Weiss.

All said and done, 300 miles, two 25 gallon tanks of gas, many empty cans of soda, and five states later, a couple hundred boys donned teffilin in honor of their Maccabi teams. Dozens of these young men performed the mitzvah for the first time. Dozens of Shabbat Candle sets were distributed and many smiles were exchanged as the Rabbis chatted with athletes and their coaches.

One boy who had competed in the games last year approached and mentioned “We did Teffilin last year and we won every game! We want to do it again!”