SR 180 — Commending Dovid Asher.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23107244DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. February 23, 2023 N Commending Dovid Asher.

––––––––––180 TE Patron––MorrisseyCommending R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, Dovid Asher,Asher. an esteemed faith leader and rabbi of Keneseth Beth Israel in Henrico County, has provided thought-provoking and uplifting spiritual counsel to his congregation and Derved theWHEREAS, Dovid Asher grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was drawn to community service U through his participation in the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY) and his synagogue;

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and WHEREAS,and asthen partstudied of his rabbinic training, Dovid Asher had several internships at JewishYeshiva organizationsUniversity, inwhere New York, while he concurrentlyreceived worked toward receiving a master'sbachelor's degree in mentalpsychology heaWHEREAS,with Dovida Asherminor later joined the Gruss Kollel, an affiliate of Yeshiva University, and after completing his studies moved to Chicago to take part in abusiness; fellowship that focused on community 8 education;

and 0 WHEREAS, upon completion of his rabbinical studies, Dovid Asher hasreceived servedhis rabbinic ordination, or WHEREAS, as rabbipart atof Kenesethhis Bethrabbinic Israeltraining, sinceDovid 2011,Asher wherehad heseveral leadsinternships aat thrivingJewish centerR oforganizations traditionalin TorahNew JudaismYork, andwhile he concurrently worked toward receiving a congregationmaster's withdegree originsin datingmental to8 thehealth mid-nineteenthcounseling century;from Pace University;

and DelegatesE inWHEREAS, 2019Dovid andAsher publishedlater Outreachjoined in the Torah;Gruss Kollel, an affiliate of Yeshiva University, and after R education;

Weeklyand Inspirationstudies moved to Chicago to take part in a fellowship that focused on community WHEREAS, Dovid Asher has served as rabbi at Keneseth Beth Israel since 2011, where he leads a thriving center of traditional Torah Judaism and Examplesa congregation with origins dating to the mid-nineteenth cenWHEREAS, Dovid Asher notably led an invocation prayer on the floor of thefthe MitzvahVirginia House of ReachingDelegates Outin 2019 and published Outreach in Octoberthe 2021;Torah;

andWeekly WHEREAS,Inspiration Dovidand AsherExamples is a source of inspiration,the stability,Mitzvah and spiritual guidance to countless members of theReaching HenricoOut Countyin community;October 2021;

now,and therefore,WHEREAS, beDovid itAsher 34is RESOLVEDa source of inspiration, stability, and spiritual guidance to countless memRESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Dovid Asher hereby be commended for his legacy of 35 service as a faith leader in Henrico County;

and, be it 37RESOLVED presentationFURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for to Dovidthe Commonwealth.d Asher as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for his contributions 38 to the Commonwealth.