INVOCATION
Invocation by Rabbi Aryeh Rockove, Congregation Nachlas Avos
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Rabbi Aryeh Rockove of Congregation Nachlas Avos delivered the invocation, expressing gratitude for the opportunity to live in New York City and thanking the council members for their service. He offered a prayer for the country, the city, and its leaders, asking for wisdom, understanding, and peace.
Aryeh Rockove
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Speaker Agent Adams, council member Lynn Schulman.
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I'm humbled by the honor you have extended to me today to you and the honorable members of the city council I'd like to express on behalf of my family, congregation and community our thanks for the gift of living and raising our families in New York City.
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It's vibrancy, diversity and commitment to be welcoming has provided us with freedoms and opportunities unimaginable to our parents and grandparents in the countries in which they were born.
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I understand that being a member of the council requires devotion and sacrifice That is why I stand before you saying thank you.
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Thank you for your devotion.
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Thank you for your personal sacrifice.
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Thank you for giving my family and community.
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The opportunity to live as religious Jews.
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There's much that will be demanded of you in the year ahead.
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For that, we turn to God and prayer.
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Heavenly Father uphold and bless our country, the United States of America, and the great city of New York.
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Implant, brotherly love among all the who dweller at their end.
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Bless the counts due to officers of government.
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Set in their hearts the wisdom, understanding, and moral afforditude, to uphold peace and freedom, and to create a society that lives by your words.
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Spelled a lord, the sheltering, Tabernacle peace over all the earth with mankind dwelling and brothers in tranquility.
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Me this piece, I will, and let us say, Amen.