[Avodah] Mi Sheberach for a Non-Jew

[Prof. Levine]

>Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, the Chief Rabbi of NY, made a Mi Sheberach for 
>Columbus on Shabbos, October 8, 1892 as part of the celebration of 
>the 400th anniversary of Columbus discoverint the New World.

The following is from page 36 of The New York Herald , Sunday, October 9, 1892.

The Chief Rabbi then read a special prayer in Hebrew composed by J. 
Buchhalter for this occasion.  "After the recitation of this prayer 
in Hebrew the chief rabbi offered up a short prayer for the souls of 
Columbus and his Jewish followers. He commended to divine grace the 
souls of George Washington and the 'Fathers of the Revolution,' and 
finally he prayed for the peace and prosperity of the United States 
and for divine blessings in behalf of the President, Vice President 
and the judiciary and executive authorities of the nation."



Yitzchok Levine 
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