Prayers for the health and prosperity of Golda Myerson, retiring Israeli Minister to Moscow, members of the Israeli delegation here and the state of Israel were offered this week-end by the Chief Rabbi of Moscow, M. Schleifer, in Passover services at the Grand Synagogue. Rabbi Schleifer also offered prayers for Premier Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union.
Mrs. Myerson, who will leave Moscow soon to take up her duties as Minister of Labor in the new Israeli Cabinet, attended the services accompanied by several members of the Israeli Legation. After the services she left for a two-day tour of Leningrad, accompanied by Colonel Yochanan Ratner, Israeli military attach.
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