[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16195]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WELCOMING RABBI HARLIG

  Mr. REID. Madam President, with the Senate Chaplain, Admiral Black, 
standing by, we all listened to a prayer from one of our Jewish 
brethren in Las Vegas, Rabbi Harlig. I am sure the Chaplain was pleased 
with the prayer. Those of us in attendance were pleased with the 
prayer. It was a meaningful, wonderful prayer for our Senate and the 
country. So I welcome Rabbi Harlig and thank him for helping us open 
the Senate with the beautiful prayer he uttered.
  Rabbi Harlig and his wife Dina breathed new life into the southern 
Nevada Jewish community when they opened a Chabad center in their 
living room in 1990. It has grown dramatically since then, and 
successfully grown, and there are now five such community centers in 
southern Nevada. The organization Rabbi Harlig founded has taught so 
many children and adults and has done so many mitzvot--or good deeds--
for so many people.
  As Rabbi Harlig mentioned in his invocation, today is significant for 
the Chabad community because it is the day of the passing of The 
Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the great 
Jewish leaders of our time.
  So thank you, Rabbi Harlig, for joining us in the Senate today.

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