[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 15, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 15, 1994]
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                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi Aron Lieberman, Synagogue of Inverrary Chabad, Lauderhill, FL, 
offered the following prayer:
  Our Father in Heaven, we beseech You to bless the Members of this 
august body, who represent the people of the United States of America. 
We ask also for Your blessings for our President Bill Clinton, and for 
the members of his cabinet. We pray that you guide this body in its 
task to protect and defend the welfare of the citizens of this great 
United States of America.
  It is particularly fitting that we stand before you, Almighty G-D, in 
this the day when Members of the United States Congress and Senate join 
with Representatives of the Lubavitch movement nationwide and here in 
Washington to celebrate the 92d birthday of the revered leader of the 
world Lubavitch movement, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. The 
Lubavitch Rebbe has been an inspiration to many hundreds of thousands 
of people world-wide. Included among them Presidents, Members of 
Congress, international leaders, and heads of state, who have sought 
and received his advice and blessings.
  The Rebbe now needs our prayers as he has suffered recently a second 
stroke and is in critical condition. Dear G-D, we pray that You allow 
all of us to join the many others in extending our prayers for a 
complete and speedy recovery to the Lubavitch Rebbe, Menachem Mendel 
Schneerson. It is in this spirit that we supplicate you, O G-D, to 
grant every Member of this Congress, good health, happiness, peace of 
mind and tranquility, and they be given the wisdom, understanding and 
sensitivity to fulfill the important tasks bestowed upon them by the 
citizens of this great country.
  Together, let us all answer this prayer with a resounding amen.

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