Florida Governor Dedicates New Torah for Chabad House
TALLAHASSEE, FL [CHI] — Florida Governor Charlie Crist celebrated Torah Dedication Day by joining several Jewish leaders at the Governor’s Mansion for the dedication of a new Torah scroll to the entire Jewish community of Florida.
“The ethical values set forth throughout the Torah provide a guide for all, regardless of our personal religious beliefs,” said Governor Crist. “This occasion is a milestone for the entire Jewish community of Florida, and I am honored to share in this moment.”
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The Governor was joined at the dedication by Rabbi Chalom Loeub, director of student programming at Chabad of Tallahassee; Rabbi Schneur Oirechman of Chabad of Tallahassee; Rabbi Levi Shemtov, director of American Friends of Lubavitch in Washington, D.C.; Representative Adam Hasner; Representative Franklin Sands and Bernie Offenberg whose family donated the Torah.
The event was organized by Chabad of Tallahassee, the local chapter of the Jewish outreach organization, Chabad Lubavitch. The new Torah scroll will be housed at the Chabad of Tallahassee. A Torah scroll consists of the original Five Books of Moses handcrafted by a traditional scribe working in precise calligraphy for approximately a year.
moshe zaman
first of all I love zalman oirechman he is a graet man ands being by him many times he makes a Gevaldige kidush hashem! however why is it that Levi shemtov has to go all the way to florida to see another politician he has them in washington all day and nobody goes there to see them!?
chitas
I hope that woman with the guitar wasn’t singing in front of all those Lubav rabbis.
a teiyere bochur
mendi its nice to see you looking so busy, we miss you here in the yeshiva happy pesach from the bochurim
ZALMAN
To moshe zalman, you have to be understanding its not Levi Shemtovs fault he got this Idea of chasing after polticins from his father AVREMEL. THERE IS NO CURE