Rabbi Samuel J. Fox, spiritual leader of Congregation Anshai Sfard of Lynn, Massachusetts, opened a session of the United States Senate with a special prayer this week. The rabbi’s prayer was printed in the Congressional Record. He was introduced by Senator George and ushered in by the Reverend Fredrick Brown Harris, official chaplain of the Senate.
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