[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23441]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             ROSH HASHANAH

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this evening at sundown, Jews around the 
world will gather to begin their observance of Rosh Hashanah, the 
Jewish New Year, and the beginning of the high holidays.
  Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which will be observed over the next 10 
days, are the most significant of all Jewish holidays. They are a time 
for celebration. They are a time for thanksgiving. They are a time for 
family. They are a time of reflection and of atonement.
  Many today all over the world are reflecting over the last year and 
what that last year has brought, and also to look ahead to that next 
year with those hopes of what will come over the next 12 months. It is 
believed that on Rosh Hashanah, God records the destiny of all mankind 
in the Book of Life.
  It is my hope that as we pray, we will do so for the enduring faith 
in God, and also with the strong, the fervent hope for the strength and 
the courage and the boldness and also the compassion to see us through 
these very difficult times for America and the world.
  So as we end this week, I would like to wish all of my colleagues and 
all of those around the world who observe these holidays a very happy 
and a very healthy and a very sweet new year.
  L'shana Toua.

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