[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Today's opening prayer will be offered by 
Rabbi Moshe Feller, the director, Upper Midwest Merkos Chabad-
Lubavitch, from St. Paul, MN.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, Master of the Universe, the Members of this august 
body, the U.S. Senate, convene here today to fulfill one of the Seven 
Commandments which You issued to Noah and his family after the Great 
Flood: the commandment that all society be governed by just laws.
  As stated in the book of Genesis and its sacred commentaries, You 
issued at that time the following seven laws: to worship You and You 
alone; never to blaspheme Your Holy Name; not to commit murder; not to 
commit adultery, incest, or any sexual misdeeds; not to steal, lie, or 
cheat; not to be cruel to any living creature; and that every society 
be governed by just laws based on the recognition and acknowledgement 
of You, O God, as the sovereign Ruler of all humankind and all nations.
  Grant, Almighty God, that the Members of the Senate constantly 
realize that by enacting just laws they are doing Your will. Almighty 
God, I beseech You today to bless the Senate and our entire Nation in 
the merit of two spiritual giants of our time and of our country, Rabbi 
Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson of saintly blessed memory--the sixth 
Lubavitch Rebbe--and his successor, the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem 
Schneerson, of saintly blessed memory.
  Tomorrow, the 10th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, is the 
anniversary of the transition of their leadership. It is a day of 
reflection and action and one which should energize us to be God-
conscious beings. Their holy mission continues through our acts of 
goodness and kindness, hastening the harmonious era of the messianic 
redemption. Amen.

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