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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>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. </font></blockquote><br>
The following is from <font size=3>page 36 of <i>The</i> <i>New York
Herald</i> , Sunday, October 9, 1892.<br><br>
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.” <br><br>
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Yitzchok Levine</font></body>
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