Q: In Wisconsin during the 2000 Vice Presidential campaign, would you please tell us about what happened one Friday before Shabbat?
I knew that the location of our Shabbat meals was kept secret from everyone except for our “advance team.” So I was surprised to meet a Chabad rabbi who knew everywhere we were to be that Shabbat. On Friday before Shabbat, he showed up and I said to him, “Rabbi, thank you so much. What can we do to repay you?” And he looked me in the eye and said, “The woman who is one of your advance team, the one who set up the Shabbat arrangements, please ask her to light candles with you tonight.” So I looked at him and then I looked at her. She was Jewish, but had nothing to do with Judaism. After he had said that, I went over to her and said, “Sweetheart, would you like to light candles with me?” She gratefully agreed and it brought tears to my eyes. Hadassah Lieberman
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