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             H O U S E  O F  R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S


Vol. 140


WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1994

No. 52


House of Representatives

  The House met at 2 p.m.
  Rabbi Moshe Feller, director, Upper Midwest Merkos-Lubavitch, Twin 
Cities, MN, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, the Members of this august body, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, convene here to fulfill one of the seven Biblical 
commandments which You issued to all mankind: that all societies must 
govern by just laws.
  At the dawn of civilization, as related in Genesis and its sacred 
commentaries, You issued seven commandments which came to be known as 
the Seven Noahide Laws:
  To worship You alone and not to serve idols,
  Never to blaspheme Your Holy Name,
  Not to murder,
  Not to commit adultery,
  Not to steal,
  Not to be cruel to any living creature, and
  That every society govern by just laws which are based in the 
recognition of You, O God, as the Sovereign Ruler of all men and 
nations.
  Grant us, Almighty God, that those assembled here to enact the laws 
which govern this blessed country be cognizant of Your presence, and 
conduct their deliberations accordingly. Bless them with good health, 
wisdom, compassion, good cheer, and good fellowship. May they 
constantly realize that in laboring for the enactment of just laws they 
are doing Your will. Amen.

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