The New York State Assembly, the State Senate and Gov. Hugh Carey yesterday proclaimed “Eighty One. Days of Education” in honor of the 80th birthday of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
The joint resolution states “As world Jewry is now celebrating the 80th birthday” of Schneerson, in tribute to his leadership, the 81 days are proclaimed, starting April 4, corresponding to Nison 11, 5742, the Rebbe’s 80th birthday “and the first day of his 81st year, through June 23.”
Rabbi Shmuel Butman and Rabbi David Roskin of the Lubavitch Youth Organization were presented with the resolution yesterday during a special reception in the legislative office building.
Butman opened the sessions of the Assembly and of the Senate with prayers based on Chapter 81 of Psalms, the chapter which the Rebbe’s followers will begin to say on his 80th birthday. The chapter concludes: “And I shall feed them (says God) honey with the finest of wheat and sate you with honey from the rock.”
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