Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Islam fulfills the Noahide vision says Jewish delegation to Al-Azhar Muslim University


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In January of 2016, Professor Omer Salem of the Egyptian Al-Azhar Muslim University wrote an article in the Israeli National News where he stated that he and colleagues at the world respected University agreed that Islam and the Noahide Laws are compatible and synonymous, that Muslims may fall under the restrictions of the Noahide Laws by practicing Sharia Law (here). In April of that same year, US-Israeli Rabbi Yakov Nagen traveled to Al-Azhar University to meet with other faculty members, in this meeting Rabbi Nagen stated that Jews have a role to awaken humanity to the ethics of the Noahide Laws, and he stated that Islam is a fulfillment of that vision. Like Jewish Noahide Law, Muslim Sharia Law is known for its practices of beheading Christian, pagans, atheists, homosexuals, blasphemers and more, so it makes sense that Islam can and is viewed as an extension of Noahidism. There are also movements in American of Noahide supporting Jews who wish to help Muslims establish Sharia Courts just as Jews already have Halacha Courts (here). If Islamic Sharia Law is Noahide Law, and Muslims are willing to share their sword, the imposition of world Noahide Law and its mass beheadings could be closer than any of us think, and they would literally have millions of armies in almost every nation on earth. 

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For West Bank rabbi, a rare and risky trip to Cairo’s ivory tower of Islam

With Islamic skullcap and large beard helping to obscure his Jewish identity, though twice confronted by Egyptian police, US-born Israeli visits Al-Azhar University to meet world’s top Sunni scholars

By DOV LIEBER
15 April 2016, 12:56 am

A rabbi in a yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Otniel took an improbable trip to Cairo last month to discuss his religion with Muslim scholars at the most important institution in the Sunni world, Al-Azhar University.
Rabbi Yakov Nagen, a native New Yorker who arrived in Israel in 1984, says his interfaith work is driven on a personal level by something “almost messianic.”

“Religion is now part of the problem. It has to be part of the solution,” he insists.
Zionism as prescribed by the Bible is not solely about Jews relocating from around the world to the Middle East. Zionism, he holds, has a second essential component.
“Part of Zionism is the return of Jews to the land of Israel. But the same prophecies also talk about our connection and peace with our neighbors,” he said.
Nagen’s spiritual mentor was the late Rabbi Menachem Froman, a giant in the Israeli-Palestinian interfaith community who had personal connections with many Palestinian leaders. It was Froman who cemented in Nagen the need for religion to be a part of the solution.
Furthermore, says Nagen, the fact that belief in the God of Abraham is shared by the major monotheistic faiths means that coexistence should naturally follow.
“If we share a belief in the same God, then our belief is going to connect us,” he said. “A lot of people if pressed to the wall would say Jews and Muslims believe in the same God, but they don’t really feel it in their hearts.”
The Cairo trip for the rabbi from Otniel, who grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and attended Yeshiva University’s Orthodox Jewish day school, came at the recommendation of his good friend Dr. Omer Salem, a fellow interfaith peace activist and senior fellow at the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy.
Nagen had twice invited the Egyptian scholar to speak at his yeshiva and now Salem, who received his PhD from Al-Azhar University, was returning the favor.
On his journey to Egypt, Nagen was accompanied by Rebecca Abrahamson, a Haredi peace activist and mother of 11 from Bnei Brak, and American Fulbright scholar Dr. Joseph Ringel. Nagen didn’t advertise his Judaism to those not in the know, and was twice confronted by Egyptian police during his trip but made it through without major incident.
Nagen is a soft-spoken man, whose words come across as sincere as they are gentle. He spoke to The Times of Israel over the phone from New York, mostly in Manhattan-inflected English, but sometimes in American-accented Hebrew when quoting from Jewish sacred texts.
The Times of Israel: When Dr. Omer pitched the trip to Cairo to you, were you afraid or excited?
Yakov Nagen: I was concerned. But considering that I live in the Hebron Hills, and one of my neighbor’s closest friends, Dafna Meir, was murdered, I thought we can’t let fear stop us from letting us do the things we feel are right.
Did they know at Al-Azhar that you are Jewish?
The people who we were designated to meet knew who we were. The rest didn’t know we were Jewish. My Egyptian friend gave me a large white kippah, the kind worn by religious Muslims, and I have a large beard, so I could fit in.
Who did you meet with while at Al-Azhar?
We met with some of the professors there. One professor we met with was Dr. Bakr Zaki Awad, the dean of the School of Theology. His specialty is the relationship between the Torah, the New Testament and the Quran, yet he had never met a rabbi in his life.
He had a lot of powerful questions to raise about Judaism, including about warfare in the Torah. Ultimately, although I thought I could answer the questions about the problems he has with Judaism, I thought by giving straight answers I was just raising the negative energy. So I tried to reframe it.
I told him that your questions are good and trouble me, but I know what the essence of Judaism is like and I know the essence of Islam. So I brought quotes from the Quran and the Torah about the sanctity and dignity of life and love of God for humanity.
For example, the most humanistic saying from the Mishna [Jewish law text] is: “Whosoever saves a single life, saves an entire universe.” This line is written word for word in the 32nd verse of the 5th Sura of the Quran.
Tell us about other troubling questions from Dr. Awad.
One question that seemed to bother him was that Muslims want everyone to be Muslims, but Jews don’t seem to care who becomes Jewish. He saw this as Jewish antipathy towards other people.
I told him that the Torah starts with our common humanity in the story of Adam, where we are told that all of humanity is created in the image of God. Judaism sees itself as having a role to play in the story of humanity, but not that everyone should be Jewish. Our role is to awaken certain values and a connection from God to humanity, which we see for example in the seven Noahide laws. We see in Islam a fulfillment of that vision.
Did you have questions for your Egyptian colleagues?
One question we really asked everyone was about a passage in the 5th Sura [verse 48] in the Quran, where it says: “If Allah wanted he could have given one law to all, but he chose instead to give different laws to different people.” The context here is the Torah to the Jews and the Gospels to the Christians. The answer is that each person should do the right thing.
This is the verse that Omer uses in his doctorate as the basis for religious pluralism in Islam. However, this verse is really open to interpretation so everyone we asked gave us a different answer. We asked, “If a Jew lives according to the Torah and he has respect for Islam, what is his status according to Islam?”
Here we got the full gamut of views: There were those that said Omer’s interpretation was legitimate; there were those that said that the Jews were allowed to be Jewish before the birth of Islam, but now they have to accept Islam.
The one thing everyone agreed on was the phrase: “There is no coercion in the religion.” Meaning, you might go to hell, but they cannot force you to convert.
Did you do anything outside of Al-Azhar?
On the fourth day, there was this anti-Semite who was someone quite important, and when he discovered we were Jewish he got quite infuriated.
He asked me if I cried when Palestinian children were murdered. I told him yes, and that I organized a prayer vigil after the Duma attack.
I asked him when Jewish children are killed, do you cry? He said something like I pray for everybody, but it was clear he got mad. He called the police and security who took our passports and apparently wanted to arrest us. But some people intervened and managed to get us out of there. This was about four days into the trip.
Then we went to Fayoum [in central Egypt] to meet a really lovely professor, Wageeh Abdel Qader El-Sheemy [the first blind lawmaker in the Egyptian parliament, and a member of the Salafi al-Nour Party].
When he heard we were Jewish, he told us a very sweet story: One day someone came and knocked on the gate of the palace identifying himself as the brother of the Caliph. The visitor is ushered in, but the Caliph isn’t able to recognize his brother. The Caliph asks, “Are you my brother through my mother?” “No” is the reply. “Are you my brother through my father?” Again the answer in negative.
The caliph continues to think and finally asks again, “Are you my brother in Islam?” The visitor answers, “I am not a Muslim.”
“So how are you my brother?” asks the Caliph. “I am your brother as all of us are children of Adam and Eve.” The Caliph responds: “You are right. I will treat you as my brother to demonstrate this to the world.”
Any other stories outside of Al-Azhar?
We met the president of the Jewish community in Egypt. There seem to be only six Jews left in Cairo, all of them women; five of them were over the age of 80 and the president herself is 65.
She had a very moving story. She was married to a Muslim man, and they got divorced. And in Egypt, if the mother is a Muslim, she will get the kids, but if the mother is not a Muslim and the father is, by law he can get custody of the children. And even though she is not religious, she chose to live in fear that her husband would take the children and not give up her Jewish identity .
We also had a humorous incident. It was late at night, while we were looking at the most important synagogue in Cairo. We were dressed like Muslims and were taking pictures late at night. Suddenly, the police came with a task force and they took our passports. We didn’t tell them we were Jewish. Omer Salem did a lot of talking. I have no idea what he told them but we got off in the end.
I confess I really have fun now when I say the phrase, “Each man must view himself as if he went out of Egypt.” Now I can drop the “as if.”
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Chabad of Poway shooting victim uses tragedy to promote Noahide Law and anti-gentile Rabbi

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Howard Kaye is the husband of the late Lori Kaye who was killed during the Chabab of Poway shooting which took place on April 27th of this year. While the incident was a tragedy and deserves condemnation, Howard Kaye would use his grief to use the incident as an excuse to promote the Noahide Laws. Kaye believes that teaching the world about the Noahide Laws would set an "inherent moral compass". But Noahide Law also calls for murder, the decapitation of anyone who does not follow the Noahide Laws, this means the execution of pagans (here), Christians (here), homosexuals (here) and blasphemers. It is also hypocritical since under Noahide Law it is legal for Jews to kill none Jews without penalty (here). Not only this, Kaye mentions the inspiration of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, how can Kaye call upon the name of this Rabbis to condemn anti-Semitism when Rabbii Schneerson stated that non-Jews have inferior satanic souls and are the property of Jews whom they have been created to serve (here)? The anti-Gentile hatred of the Noahide Law is no less toxic or dangerous than any form of anti-Semitism. 


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https://www.timesofisrael.com/poway-victims-husband-wants-world-to-learn-from-lubavitcher-rebbes-teachings/


Poway victim’s husband wants world to learn from Lubavitcher Rebbe’s teachings

Howard Kaye says writings of Menachem Mendel Schneerson hold ‘the potential to stop the next atrocity’

By MARCY OSTER

JTA — The husband of Lori Kaye, who was killed by a gunman during services at the Chabad of Poway, said he wants to prevent future synagogue shootings like the one that killed his wife by educating the world about its “inherent moral compass.”
In an op-ed in Newsweek, Dr. Howard Kaye recalled how he passed out after beginning CPR on a woman after the shooting on April 27 and then realized that it was his wife.
“In trying to understand the root cause of the atrocity that took Lori’s life and, even more urgently, in seeking to prevent the next Poway from occurring, it became clear to me that Lori’s killer was motivated by anti-Semitic hatred,” he writes.
Howard Kaye said he has chosen to speak out now, three months since the shooting, because of the 25th anniversary of the death of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
He wrote that his wife had been in synagogue the day of the shooting for her the anniversary of her mother’s death and that she had recently purchased a book by Schneerson about loss and tragedy, which she had not yet read. He has been reading it to deal with his wife’s killing. “Even in death, my loving, caring Lori anticipated my needs and prepared these comforting teachings,” he writes. “It’s almost as if she’s reading them by my side.”
Schneerson, Howard Kaye wrote, worked to promote awareness of a basic universal moral code for humankind called the Seven Noahide Laws.
“Sharing it with the world is more relevant now than ever,” he wrote in the op-ed. “Each time a murderous, twisted individual commits a crime of hate, the urgency to educate society about the basic laws of human civilization grows. It holds the potential to stop the next atrocity.”
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

The Jewish messiah will rule the world under Noahide Law says Rabbi

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Recently the Jewish Press published an article by Rabbi Shmuel Butman about the Jewish Messiah and the Noahide Laws. Rabbi Butman agrees with many Jewish scholars and the Talmud (here), not as many Noahide apologists attempt to convince us, that there is no need for any sort of supernatural miracles to usher in the Jewish Messiah who he says will be accepted by the nations to rule the whole world under the Seven Noahide Laws. It is not hard to believe this reality is not all that far off as the US government (here), the U.N. (here), the Vatican (here) and the Freemasonry (here) have all acknowledged and affirmed that the Noahide Laws are universal morality, including their provisions for the execution of pagans, Christians, homosexuals, blasphemers and more. Rabbi Butman states his claims are based upon the teachings of the "Lubavitcher Rebbe", Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a Rabbi who stated non-Jews have inferior satanic souls and who only exist to serve Jews (here)


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Do We Really Need Moshiach?

By
 Rabbi Shmuel Butman
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Throughout the millennia of our bitter exile, our ancestors pined for Moshiach to come and redeem us. For many years, Jews were cruelly oppressed by the masses among whom they lived and by autocratic monarchs who imposed exorbitant taxes on them.
Usually living in abject poverty and viciously persecuted for their faith, they had every reason to yearn for redemption. Scriptural passages and sayings of our Sages in the Talmud and Midrashimpromised a bright, supernatural future, giving them perennial hope.
Today, however, virtually all Jews live in democratic lands, free of persecution. Most are better off in many ways than even kings in past eras. Dramatic medical advances have improved our health and life expectancy far beyond the imagination of previous generations. We travel easily around the globe in just hours, and communicate instantaneously with loved ones across the world. What, then, are we lacking, that we should yearn for Moshiach?
The Rambam writes that the uniqueness of the Messianic era will be full halachic observance of the entire Torah. The Beis Hamikdashwill be rebuilt and all its offerings will be brought according to the Torah’s specifications. Mitzvos such as yovel, which can only be observed when all Jews are present in the Holy Land, will finally be fulfilled properly. Torah observance will thus reach its ultimate perfection.
This first stage of the Messianic era will not require supernatural miracles, though its events will be so remarkable as to be considered miraculous. The ingathering of all Jews and their acceptance of Moshiach will require a total about-face for many, who presently owe little conscious allegiance to halacha. Also at this stage, the nations of the world will accept the Jewish people’s dominion of the Holy Land and Moshiach as the world’s ruler. They will also accept the one G-d and observe His seven universal commandments as a Divine spirit permeates the minds of humanity and everyone realizes the truth of G-d and His Torah.
All the material blessings promised in the Torah and the Prophets will also be fulfilled. No more sickness, poverty, or hunger; no more persecution, fear, or worry; no more war or quarreling. The absence of all these will free our minds to delve into the great Torah revelations of the Messianic era and advance in Divine wisdom.
These revelations will actually be what truly distinguishes the Messianic era from our own. Moshiach will be the Torah teacher of the Jewish nation as well as a wise, Divinely-inspired world ruler. Today, Torah study dwells on the Torah’s externalities, seeking to define our practical obligations and the logic within halachic principles. Even more “spiritual” levels of Torah study – drush, remez, sod – have merely scratched the surface of these Torah reservoirs, without reaching anywhere near their true profundity.
Moshiach, when he comes, will reveal the deeper reasons for every detail of Torah observance – why it is necessary to perform particular mitzvos in specific ways and what each detail accomplishes in the spiritual realm. Even those familiar with these topics from Kaballah and Chassidus understand only their superficial aspects, realizing them intellectually to be fact but without grasping their inner essence. In the future era, these Torah insights will be revealed on a deeper level and provide greater conviction, as if we are finally seeing rather than merely hearing about something or studying it from a book.
Likewise, in the world in general: We will grasp the world’s true Divine nature and how our mitzvos elevate all material things. We will perceive the great pleasure given to Hashem by every mitzvah ever performed and realize regretfully how transgressions concealed His presence.
The era before Moshiach is described as the period of Divine “betrothal” to our people, while the future era will represent Hashem’s “marriage” to us. We will progress in this union from one spiritual height to another, from the first stage of Moshiach’s era to the next, including resurrection of the dead and much more.
If we don’t yet appreciate the value of all this, it is because our perception is still like a child’s. As we mature, we come to realize what is truly important. May these days help us arrive at that perception, enabling us to reach true hope and yearning for Moshiach.
(Based on teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe)
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Saturday, July 27, 2019

US Congress opened at least 9 times with Noahide prayer

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The United Stated Congress has been opened at least 8 times under the auspices of a Noahide Prayer. Besided honoring Rabbi Schneerson, a man who said non-Jews have satanic souls (here) and whom is honored in all of the laws passed in the USA recognizing the Noahide Laws (here) the prayers collectively make the following statements: The Noahide Laws are the basis of any decent and civilized society; the Noahide Laws govern the USA; creating “just” legislation is one of the Seven Noahide Laws (establish courts of “justice”); the Congress is assembled to fulfill one of the Seven Noahide Laws (the law to set up courts of “justice”); it is prayed the Congress have the wisdom and courage to embody the values of the Noahide Laws; and it is prayed that the United States have the ability to lead the world as a role model in spreading the Noahide Laws and have the power to bring “peace” to the world. In case it was thought perhaps the Congress did not know what the Rabbis were praying about, they list out all of the seven Noahide Laws. It is stated that the Noahide Laws will end war. 

Rabbi Moshe Feller
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Wednesday, May 4, 1994

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1994-pt7/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1994-pt7-3-2.pdf

The House met at 2 p.m.
Rabbi Moshe Feller, director, Upper
Midwest Merkos-Lubavitch, Twin
Cities, MN, offered the following
prayer:

Almighty God, the Members of this august body, the U.S. House of Representatives, convene here to fulfill one of the seven Biblical commandments which You issued to all man- kind: that all societies must govern by just laws.

At the dawn of civilization, as related in Genesis and its sacred commentaries, You issued seven commandments which came to be known as the Seven Noahide Laws:

To worship You alone and not to serve idols,
Never to blaspheme Your Holy Name,
Not to murder,
Not to commit adultery,
Not to steal,
Not to be cruel to any living creature, and
That every society govern by just laws which are based in the recognition
of You, 0 God, as the Sovereign Ruler of all men and nations.

Grant us, Almighty God, that those assembled here to enact the laws which govern this blessed country be cognizant of Your presence, and conduct their deliberations accordingly. Bless them with good health, wisdom, compassion, good cheer, and good fellowship. May they constantly realize that in laboring for the enactment of just laws they are doing Your will. Amen.

Rabbi Shmuel Butman
US SENATE-THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2006

https://www.congress.gov/crec/2006/04/06/CREC-2006-04-06-senate.pdf

The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was
called to order by the President pro
tempore (Mr. STEVENS).

PRAYER
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. This morning, we have the privilege of being
led in prayer by our guest Chaplain Rabbi Shmuel Butman from the Lubavitch Youth Organization of New York City.

The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:

Ovinu Shebashomayim, our Heavenly Father.

We pray to You today, 3 days before the 104th birthday of the Lubacitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Manachem M Schneerson. The Rebbe reached out to all people and inspired all people throughout the world, regardless of race, religion, color, and creed, to reach a greater level of observance and service. The Rebbe said that this is the last generation of exile and the first generation of redemption and that each one of us can bring the redemption even closer by doing more deeds of goodness and kindness. The Rebbe also encouraged the observance of the Seven Noahide Laws, or the Seven Universal Laws, which are the basis of any decent and civilized society.

In the merit of the Rebbe, we ask You, Almighty God, to bestow Your blessings on the Members of the Senate and their families and through them on all the people in the United States of America for peace, contentment, and fulfillment in all their endeavors, in joy, in happiness, and in gladness of heart.

In honor of the Rebbe, I want to do an act of goodness and kindness. I want to put a dollar in a pishky, in the charity box. May God bless you, all of you.

Thank you.

Rabbi Shea Harlig
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Thursday, March 15, 2007

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2007-pt5/pdf/CRECB-2007-pt5-Pg6435-8.pdf

PRAYER
Rabbi Shea Harlig, Chabad of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, offered
the following prayer:

Almighty God, the Members of this prestigious body, the U.S. Congress, convene here to fulfill one of the seven Noahide commandments: the commandment to govern by just laws which are based in the recognition of You, God, as the sovereign ruler of all people and nations.

We the citizens of this blessed country proudly proclaim this recognition and our commitment to justice in our Pledge of Allegiance—‘‘one Nation under God, with liberty and justice for all.’’

Grant us, Almighty God, that those assembled here be aware of Your presence and conduct their deliberations accordingly. Bless them with good health, wisdom, compassion, and good fellowship.

On the eve of Passover, the Festival of Freedom, I beseech You, Almighty God, to bless and protect our troops and our entire Nation whom our esteemed spiritual leader, The Lubavitcher Rebbe, labeled ‘‘a nation of kindness’’ with freedom from terrorism.

Indeed ‘‘God Bless America.’’

Rabbi Shea Harlig
US Senate-THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009

https://www.congress.gov/crec/2009/06/25/CREC-2009-06-25-senate.pdf

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today’s
prayer will be offered by our guest
Chaplain, Rabbi Shea Harlig, spiritual
leader of Chabad of Southern Nevada.
The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:

Almighty G-d, the Members of this prestigious body, the U.S. Senate, convene here in the spirit of one of the seven Noahide Laws which were set forth by You as an eternal universal code of ethics for all mankind; that every society be governed by just laws which shall be based in the recognition of You, O G-d, as the Sovereign Ruler of all peoples and all nations. We, the citizens of this blessed country, proudly proclaim this recognition and our commitment to justice in our Pledge of Allegiane—‘‘One Nation, under G-d, with liberty and justice for all.’’

Grant us, Almighty G-d, that those assembled here today be aware of Your presence and conduct their deliberations accordingly. Bless them with good health, wisdom, compassion, and good fellowship.

On this 25th day of June, 2009, which corresponds to the third day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, we are 15 years—to the day—from the passing of our esteemed spiritual leader, The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of blessed memory, who consistently extolled the virtues of this great land as a ‘‘Nation of Kindness.’’

I beseech You, Almighty G-d, to grant renewed strength and fortitude to all who protect, preserve, and help further these ideals so essential to the dignity of the human spirit. Please grant that our beloved Rebbe’s vision of a world of peace and tranquility— free of war, hatred, and strife—be realized speedily in our days.

G-d bless this hallowed body. G-d bless our troops who stand in defense of this great land. G-d bless the United States of America.


Rabbi Yosef Greenberg
US SENATE-WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2016

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2016-02-03/pdf/CREC-2016-02-03-senate.pdf

PRAYER
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Today’s opening prayer will be offered by Rabbi Yosef Greenberg, founder and spiritual leader of the Lubavitch Jewish Center of Alaska in Anchorage, AK.

The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:

Almighty God, I invoke Your blessing today on this honorable body, the United States Senate. In these troubling times, when misguided people use religion to commit the greatest crimes against humanity by stabbing and murdering innocent men, women, and children in the Middle East, Europe, Israel, the U.S.A., and all over the world, may You grant, Almighty God, that the Members of this honorable body have the wisdom and courage to embody the universal values of the Seven Commandments which You, Almighty God, issued to Noah and his family after the Great Flood, the foremost of which is not to commit murder. Grant, Almighty God, that the Members of the Senate, who assembled here today, to fulfill one of Your Seven Commandments, the Commandment to govern by just laws, understand that the United States has the ability to lead the entire world and be a role model in spreading and incorporating Your Seven Laws, and in doing so, have the power to bring healing and peace to a struggling and broken world that is facing ongoing terror and violence.

Almighty God, I beseech You today to bless the Senate, in the merit of one of the spiritual giants of our time and our Nation, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of saintly blessed memory, who launched the universal campaign to bring the awareness of Your Seven Sacred Laws to all mankind, that we may all see the fulfillment of humanity’s great future, as proclaimed by Isaiah, ‘‘nation shall not lift the sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.’’

Amen.

Rabbi Gershon Avtzon
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2019

https://www.congress.gov/116/crec/2019/07/25/CREC-2019-07-25.pdf

Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, Yeshivas
Lubavitch Cincinnati, Cincinnati,
Ohio, offered the following prayer:

Almighty God, master of the universe, I invoke Your blessing today on the Members of this honorable institution, the House of Representatives of the United States of America. May they humbly serve their constituencies, aware that creating just legislation is one of the seven laws that You, almighty God, gave all humanity through Noah, as detailed in Genesis.

Almighty God, as a descendant of Chassidic Jews who fled the Stalinist regime that persecuted religious observance, I am especially grateful and blessed to be in America, the nation called the ‘‘country of kindness’’ by the great spiritual leader of our generation, the Lubavitcher Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. We thank you for the freedom we have here to practice our faith, and we pray for those who still suffer persecution around the world.

While legislating, by definition, includes differences of opinion and rigorous debate, I pray that we, nevertheless, anticipate our shared bright future in the time of redemption and, thus, remain ‘‘one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.’’

Amen.


Rabbi Moshe Feller
UNITED STATES SENATE -  JAN 2022

Rabbi Moshe Feller opens a session in the Capitol for the tenth time

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On Tuesday morning, the veteran Minnesota Chabad emissary who has served in that capacity since 1961, addressed the Creator from the Senate floor, with his son and several grandchildren, Chabad emissaries as well, looking on. “Almighty G‑d, Master of the Universe,” prayed the 84-year-old rabbi, “the Members of this august body, the United States 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 societies be governed by just laws.” Feller went on to specify each of the Seven Noahide Laws of universal morality, concluding, “Grant, Almighty G‑d, that the members of the Senate constantly realize that by enacting just laws, they are doing Your will.”

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When Feller reported back to the Rebbe after that first appearance, sponsored by Sen. Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.), he brought with him a copy of the Congressional Record, which reproduced the text of his prayer. “The Rebbe wrote to me ‘Tach! Tach! Tach! [a Hebrew acronym for ‘many thanks’] for giving me the news of opening the Senate and especially the beginning of your remarks.’ ” The Rebbe was referring to Feller’s observation before the Senate that their very gathering fulfills one of the Seven Noahide Laws, the imperative to establish just laws for society. “The Rebbe then gave me a directive,” Feller recalls, “ ‘Send your prayer to whoever opens a legislative body—not necessarily the U.S. Senate,’ and that’s what I did for many rabbis. G‑d gave me the idea to open it like that, and the Rebbe was so happy.”

SOURCE: Mendel Super (2022). "At U.S. Senate, a Senior Chabad Rabbi Offers Prayer for the Nation". Chabad. 11 Jan 2022. Retrieved 02/22/22 from:https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/5374608/jewish/At-US-Senate-a-Senior-Chabad-Rabbi-Offers-Prayer-for-the-Nation.htm


Rabbi Mendy Greeberg
UNITED STATES SENATE -  MAR 31 2022

Ahead of the upcoming 120th anniversary of the birth of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—the U.S. Senate paid homage to the Rebbe and his influence on humanity at large, when Rabbi Mendy Greenberg, who directs the Mat-Su Jewish Center Chabad Lubavitch in Palmer, Alaska, with his wife, Chaya, opened the Senate in prayer on March 31.

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Greenberg opened his remarks with a prayer for Ukraine. “Almighty God, Master of the Universe,” the rabbi began, “we stand before You in prayer in these troubling times when innocent men, women and children have lost their lives and millions fled their homeland due to the catastrophic war in Ukraine. In the words of King David, Psalms, Chapter 121: ‘I lift my eyes to the mountains—from where will my help come? My help will come from the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth.’ ”

Invoking the Torah’s timeless wisdom, Greenberg prayed for the understanding that the “ultimate way to eliminate the cause of war and bring true peace to the world is by embodying the universal values of the seven commandments issued to Noah after the great flood, foremost of which is not to commit murder.”

Greenberg beseeched G‑d to bless the Senate, whose very gathering, he noted, is a fulfillment of one the the seven Noahide laws—the obligation to enact just laws.

The primary force driving the fulfillment of the Noahide laws for the first time in generations is the Rebbe, whose 120th anniversary of birth on the 11th day of the Jewish month of Nissan is being marked on April 12, noted Greenberg.

“In 1978, this honorable body established the Rebbe’s birthday as Education and Sharing Day USA and [it] is proclaimed annually by the President of the United States in recognition of the Rebbe’s global campaign to bring awareness and educate our youth about these ethical values of the Seven Noahide Laws as the basis for a just and compassionate society.

SOURCE: Mendel Supper (2022). "Alaska Rabbi Becomes Youngest Rabbi to Open Congress in Prayer". Chabad. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4/8/22 from: https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/5483715/jewish/Alaska-Rabbi-Becomes-Youngest-Rabbi-to-Open-Congress-in-Prayer.htm


Rabbi Mendy Deitsch
January 25, 2024

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PRAYER; Congressional Record Vol. 170, No. 14
(Senate - January 25, 2024)

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Our guest Chaplain, Rabbi Mendy Deitsch, the 
Director of Chabad of the East Valley from Chandler, AZ, will open the 
Senate in prayer.
  The guest chaplain offered the following prayer:
  God of Heaven, Master of the world, please grace this distinguished, 
exalted United States Senate. Give blessings upon these distinguished 
individuals, chosen by so many who have entrusted them with the 
responsibility of legislating for the well-being of their constituents 
and families.
  While each of us may come from different backgrounds, we stand here 
united with a shared vision and purpose, with conviction and 
determination, with love and strength, to ensure that each day is 
better than the day before.
  As my revered teacher, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, said: Though humanity's 
origin began in a perfect world, human shortcomings led to its 
failings. Yet it is through human goodness and kindness that we can 
reveal G-d in this beautiful world, his dwelling place on Earth with 
the redemptive time of the coming of Moshiach.
  Almighty God, may those gathered here remain mindful of Your presence 
as they work to enact just laws, the process of which itself is one of 
the seven Noahide Laws given to You and all mankind, and align it with 
Your will to foster a peaceful and harmonious world.
  Please let us see more peaceful days soon, with the safe return of 
those being held hostage as well as the dedicated men and women of our 
Armed Forces battling evil at this time. Bestow upon them wisdom, 
justice, grace, and empathy.
  Bless our leaders with good health, compassion and joy, enabling them 
to bring honor to the United States and to Your Name the blessings to 
mankind as they fulfill Your divine will. Amen.

 

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