Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Evan Hoffman on 29 October 2019

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Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Evan Hoffman, Congregation Anshe Sholom in New Rochelle, New York
Sponsor: Rep. Eliot Lance Engel (D-NY)
Date of Prayer: 10/29/2008

Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to thank my dear friend and constituent, Rabbi Evan Hoffman, for giving the opening prayer today.
Rabbi Hoffman has led Congregation Anshe Sholom in New Rochelle, New York, since 2012. He graduated Yeshiva College summa cum laude, where he received ordination from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan’s Theological Seminary.
Rabbi Hoffman is an accomplished author, writing the weekly essay series titled “Thoughts on the Parashah,” as well as the editor of English language publications for Talmud Israeli.
Rabbi Hoffman was raised in Great Neck, New York, and is an avid New York Mets fan. Rabbi Hoffman and his wife, Sari, are the proud parents of two wonderful children, Eliyahu and Elana.
Madam Speaker, I thank my friend for the wonderful prayer this morning.

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	Opening Prayer Given by the Guest Chaplain:
	Almighty God, bless the work of the United States House of Representatives. Fortify our legislators’ constitutional commitments and grant them the wisdom to draft laws that best serve the interests of the American people.
	O Lord, in a time of polarization and rancorous dispute, we beseech Thee to help our elected officials maintain decorum, civility, commonality of purpose, and a sense of shared American destiny.
וְאָשִׁיבָה שֹׁפְטַיִךְ כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָה וְיֹעֲצַיִךְ כְּבַתְּחִלָּה אַחֲרֵי־כֵן (ישעיה א:כו)	Heavenly Father, guide our Representatives so that they might serve, in the eyes of the citizenry, as role models of reconciliation and cooperation. We pray that in a future time the prophet’s words might be said in reference to this Congress: “Restore your judges as in days of old, your counselors as at the beginning.”^[1] Isaiah 1:26 part.
	Bless our Nation with peace and prosperity, our citizens with health and happiness, and our national institutions with strength and stability.
אָמֵן׃	May this be Your will, and let us say: amen.

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116th Congress, 1st Session
Issue: Vol. 165, No. 171 — Daily Edition (October 29, 2019)

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1	Isaiah 1:26 part.

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Evan Hoffman

Rabbi Evan Hoffman is the Spiritual Leader of Congregation Anshe Sholom in New Rochelle, NY. He previously served as Assistant Rabbi of Park East Synagogue in Manhattan. A graduate of Yeshiva College (summa cum laude), he received semikhah from RIETS, earned an M.A. in Modern Jewish History from the Bernard Revel Graduate School and did advanced graduate research in American Jewish History. For many years he has taught adult education courses in Jewish Theology and Jewish History at synagogues around the metro area. Rabbi Hoffman is the author of a widely disseminated weekly essay series titled “Thoughts on the Parashah.”

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17