Music City Hosts a Hakhel Shabbaton for 3 Southern Jewish Comunities
NASHVILLE, TN [CHI] — Last Shabbos, Chabad of Memphis, Tennessee, led by Rabbi Levi and Rivky Klein, Chabad of Nashville, Tennessee, led by Rabbi Yitzchok and Esther Tiechtel, and Chabad of Birmingham, Alabama, led by Rabbi Yossi and Frumie Posner, and Rabbi Yossi and Miriam Friedman, together with members of their respective communities gathered for a most memorable Shabbaton Retreat at the luxurious Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, in Nashville, Tennessee.
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The weekend was hosted by the local Shlucim in Nashville, Rabbi Yitzchok and Esther Tiechtel.
Over 200 Southern Jews came to hear the guest of honor and Scholar in Residence Rabbi Manis Friedman.
The weekend was attended by professionals from all walks of life, including doctors, lawyers, judges, businessmen, pilots, educators, engineers, professors, and even songwriters. On Friday evening following a gourmet dinner, campus students from Vanderbilt University, together with the Vanderbilt Shliach, Rabbi Shlomo Rothstein, joined the retreat for Rabbi Friedman’s lecture on “Warning! Religion Can Be Hazardous To Your Health.”
Rabbi Friedman sat until the early hours of the morning with the college students and many others, answering questions that have been lingering on their minds, and taking the opportunity to farbreng in a very unique way.
On Shabbat morning, Rabbi Friedman gave a most powerful sermon on the Chassidic interpretation to Yezias Mitzraim. It was followed by a buffet Shabbat lunch in the Loews Ballroom, and a lecture on “Getting To Like The People You Love.”
On Moitzei Shabbos,everyone gathered to join in a beautiful Havdalah ceremony and a moving musical rendition by guest cantor Yehudah Friedman. The game that followed brought much laughter and cameraderie. All were then treated to a mesmerising talk on“ Gratitude: The Secret To Happiness.”
The weekend has changed people lives in a way that could not have happened in any one particular Chabad House. Having five couples of Shluchim celebrating Shabbos in this unique setting, was an opportunity to strengthen one another in Shlichus, and bond with many of the members in their communities.
Discussions for next years retreat are already underway, and will hopefully include even more of the surrounding Shluchim.
The weekend retreat ended on Sunday morning with a video presentation on the Rebbe, as many walked away inspired to live a more fulfilled Jewish life.
Sarah
What a beautiful achdus, when shluchim get together with a Hakhel spirit. It is an inspiration to so many of us.
Shluchim keep up the great work you are doing, as you will all be on the front lines of the Geulah.
name them
Can someone name these rebbis?
Guest
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R. Yossi Friedman, AL
R. Yitzchok Teichtel, Nashville
R. Manis Friedman
R. R. Shlomo Rothstein (?)
R. Levi Klein, Memphis
R. Yossi Posner, AL
kol Hakavod, Shluchim are AWESOM!!!!!!
faaann
GO RABBI MANIS FRIEDMAN!!!
Alabama Fan
GO ALABAMA!!!!
MISS IT TONS!
happy
go yossi posner!!!!!
freind
go yankees
Just Noticed
Rabbi Shlomo Rothstein – Nashville, TN (Chabad at Vanderbilt University)
YEARLY PESACH FANS!
ALABAMA ROX!!
WE LOVE IT TONS!