[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         OPENING PRAYER BY ISRAELI CHIEF RABBI YISRAEL MEIR LAU

  (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I join our colleagues in welcoming to the 
House this morning the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yisrael Meir Lau, who 
today led our opening prayer in Congress.
  We are very honored to have Israel's Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Lau, present 
with us as we commemorate the awarding of a Congressional Gold Medal to 
the late leader of the Lubavitch Chassidim, Rabbi Menachem Mendel 
Schneerson, of blessed memory.
  Rabbi Lau has come to the United States because of his admiration for 
the late Rabbi Schneerson, and because of his commitment to the Jewish 
people as a child survivor of the Holocaust.
  Prior to his becoming Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Lau served as the 
Chief Rabbi for the cities of Netanya and Tel Aviv.
  I know my colleagues join in extending our heartiest good wishes upon 
his visit to the United States, and look forward to being with him at 
today's historic events.


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