[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 109 (Friday, June 30, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1385]
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           REMEMBERING REBBE MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON, ZT''L

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                          HON. JERROLD NADLER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 30, 1995
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, this evening, Shabbos Korach begins, and 
Jews around the world will observe the mitzvah of lighting Shabbos 
candles. But this shabbos also marks the first yahrzeit of the 
Lubavicher Rebbe.
  The Rebbe was the spiritual leader of the Lubavicher Chasidim, but he 
was also revered and respected as a great tazaddik by Jews and non-Jews 
around the world. Indeed, his work still lights the learning and daily 
mitzvot of Jews everywhere. Through the Chabad movement, schools, high 
technology communications, Mitzvah Mobiles, publications, lectures, and 
most of all a profound commitment to the importance of Jewish thought, 
belief and ethics, the Rebbe made an incalculable contribution to the 
spiritual lives of all people.
  The Rebbe lived through pogroms, two world wars, the rise and fall of 
communism, the Holocaust and tremendous personal challenges. But his 
idealism, his learning, and his faith shone through it all and inspired 
millions.
  This week the Rebbe was honored by the presentation of a 
Congressional Gold Medal, authorized by legislation I was privileged to 
cosponsor. Members of Congress and religious leaders, including the 
Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Shlita, paid tribute to 
the Rebbe.
  Mr. Speaker, the Rebbe's yahrzeit offers us an opportunity to reflect 
on and remember the life, work and contributions of the Rebbe. The 
Rebbe remains a figure of historic importance. I commend the example of 
his life to all my colleagues.


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