Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dovid Cohen on 10 July 2014

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Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

Tags: 113th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Dovid Cohen, Young Israel of the West Side, New York, NY
Sponsor: Rep. Eric Cantor, (R-VA)
Date of Prayer: 07/10/2014

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	Master of the Universe, continue to grant compassion and understanding to this august body. We live in a world “on fire,” where there is turmoil throughout the globe; a world that is ravaged by terror and barbarism; a world where youthful potential and its rich contributions are instantaneously destroyed.
	Yesterday, in these hallowed Halls, the United States Congress posthumously honored Raoul Wallenberg for his humanitarian efforts in saving Jews during the Holocaust.^[1] ”Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg” (10 July 2014) Please, God, enable this body to continue to advocate for decency and be the moral compass of our Nation.
	Next week begins the three-week period of Jewish mourning over the destruction of our temples in Jerusalem. It is an inauspicious time, a time focused on the iniquity of baseless hatred between brothers. Please, God, enable this institution to serve as a reminder that in a world of darkness, one small candle can light up the world.^[2] Cf. Proverbs 6:23
אָמֵן׃	Amen.

Source(s)

113th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record, Issue: Vol. 160, No. 107 — Daily Edition (July 10, 2014)

Link: https://chaplain.house.gov/chaplaincy/display_gc.html?id=2135

Notes

Notes
1	”Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg” (10 July 2014)
2	Cf. Proverbs 6:23

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Dovid M. Cohen

Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen is the Director of Community Engagement, Strategy and Development for YACHAD, a flagship program of the Orthodox Union (OU) dedicated to addressing the needs of Jewish individuals with disabilities and ensuring their inclusion in every aspect of Jewish life. He is also the Rabbi of Congregation Ohr Torah in North Woodmere, NY. Rabbi Cohen is a Dayan for the Beis Din of America. He maintains a private counseling practice guiding people with relationship issues. He previously served as the Rabbi of the Young Israel of the West Side from 2006 until 2015. He spent five years in Fair Lawn, NJ as assistant to Rabbi Benjamin Yudin at Shomrei Torah. Rabbi Cohen served a Mashgiach Ruchani at Yeshiva University and Stern College for Women and also directed the Honors Program at the Lander College for Women. Rabbi Cohen received his BA from Yeshiva University in 1994, graduating with honors in History. He was ordained by the Rabbi Isaac Elchanon Theological Seminary (RIETS) in 1997 and obtained a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1999 and a Masters in counseling from University of North Texas in 2007.

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