[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6615]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Rabbi Israel Zoberman, Congregation Beth Chaverim, Virginia 
Beach, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Our God of freedom and responsibility, Dear Legislators, at this 
sacred season of both remembrance and rejoicing, haunted by the 
Holocaust's vast tragedy, while inspired by the miracle of Zion 
restored, I humbly yet proudly stand before you, son of Polish 
survivors who was born in Kazakhstan in 1945, lived in a displaced 
persons' camp in Germany and raised in Haifa, Israel.
  May we be mindful of our divine mandate to build a world community 
reflecting the universal God of love who embraces us all with Shalom's 
holy gifts of healing, hope and harmony.
  Grateful for our Nation's essential leadership and sacrifice with 
Your own invaluable input, and my Congressman Owen Pickett's 
distinguished service, may we ever, one family, strive to be a 
blessing.
  Let us say, Amen.

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