Chabad-Lubavitch Escorts Professor's Body for Israeli Burial
As the body of Professor Liviu Librescu made its final journey to Israel aboard El Al Flight No. 2, Rabbi Motti Seligson sat next to his widow, Marlena Librescu, and discussed how best to honor his courage and self-sacrifice. When he informed her of the Chabad on Campus International Foundation's plans for a national Shabbat candle lighting campaign on hundreds of college campuses this Friday, she "was very touched."
"This was the one mitzvah, or good deed, beloved by Professor Librescu above all others," explained Seligson, who traveled to Israel as a representative of Chabad of the Virginias. "Every Friday night, he would remind Mrs. Librescu when to light the candles to usher in the holy day of Shabbat."
The candle lighting effort – a joint project with FridayLight.org – will usher in Chabad on Campus' national "Hearts to Hokies" campaign, a weeklong push to get students to donate a good deed in the merit of the 32 students and faculty members of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va., who were killed on April 16. The attack by fellow student Cho Seung-Hui, who later took his own life, was the deadliest shooting in American history.
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