THE MOTTO “IN GOD WE TRUST” HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE, NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE IN THESE TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND DOUBT, THE MOTTO OF OUR LAND, OUR PRESERVATION OF THE CONCEPT OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THROUGH OUR CONSTITUTION, AND LAWS AND CUSTOMS, STANDS AS A BEACON OF LIGHT AND HOPE FOR THE PEOPLES OF ALL NATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
IN THIS LAND OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND TOLERANCE, BRIS AVROHOM, AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, FOR THE PAST 36 YEARS HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF INTEGRATING IMMIGRANTS INTO THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE AS WELL AS THE RELIGIOUS, HUMANITARIAN AND EDUCATIONAL DOCTRINES OF THE JEWISH FAITH.
IT IS NOW THE SEASON OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, KNOWN AS CHANUKAH, A WORD WHICH ENVELOPES THE WORD EDUCATION IN ITS HEBREW FORM.
BRIS AVROHOM WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PLACING OVER 114 MENORAHS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, INCLUDING COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, CITY HALLS, COURTHOUSES, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY CROSSINGS, AIRPORTS, SHOPPING MALLS AND BUSINESSES, WHERE OVER 20 MILLION INDIVIDUALS HAD THE ABILITY TO SEE AND BE INSPIRED FROM THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.
THIS YEAR MARKS THE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE LUBAVITCH REBBE, RABBI MENACHEM M. SCHNEERSON, OF BLESSED MEMORY, THE VISIONARY FORCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASSIVE EDUCATIONAL AND HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY BRIS AVROHOM THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT I, MANUEL FIGUEIREDO, MAYOR OF THE TOWNSHIP OF UNION, IN THE COUNTY OF UNION, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 6, 2015 THROUGH MARCH 28, 2016 CORRESPONDING TO THE HEBREW CALENDAR DATES OF 24 KISLEV 5776 THROUGH 18 ADAR II 5776 AS “114 DAYS OF EDUCATION” AND HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND CONGRATULATES THE EFFORTS OF BRIS AVROHOM, NEW JERSEY, IN REMINDING US OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, THE PERFORMANCE OF ACTS OF KINDNESS TO OTHERS, AND THE NEED TO REMAIN EVER VIGILANT AGAINST MEASURES OF SPIRITUAL OPPRESSION.