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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz of Chicago, passed 
4away on March 4, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Rabbi Moscowitz was born on the North Side to 
6Frank (Ephraim) and Cynthia (Tzivia) Moscowitz; he attended 
7Bais Yaakov, a local Jewish day school and he followed his 
8father's footsteps, studying at yeshivahs in Montreal, Canada 
9and Brooklyn; he was among the young students selected to serve 
10as senior students at the Chabad yeshivah in Brunoy, France; he 
11married Esther Rochel Aronow and returned to Chicago; he joined 
12the Congregation Anshei Lubavitch and founded the Tannenbaum 
13Chabad House, serving Jewish students at Northwestern 
14University; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Rabbi Moscowitz was the regional director of 
16Lubavitch-Chabad of Illinois, who spearheaded the growth of 
17Chabad-Lubavitch centers to nearly 40 locations in 21 Illinois 
18cities, with schools and services for seniors and children with 
19special needs; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Rabbi Moscowitz helped open a new synagogue on 
21Chicago's far North Side in the summer of 1995, Bais Menachem 
22Nusach Ari, and in 2000, he moved his family to Northbrook to 
 
 
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1open a new Chabad center; most recently he oversaw the opening 
2of a new Chabad center in Carbondale; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Rabbi Moscowitz was active in Jewish communal 
4leadership on a national and global level; he was Chairman of 
5the executive committee of the Chicago Rabbinical Council, a 
6member of the executive committee of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch - 
7the educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, and was a visible 
8leader at the International Conference of Chabad Emissaries; he 
9was a regular at Hanukkah menorah-lighting ceremonies at Daley 
10Plaza; and
  
 
  
11    WHEREAS, Rabbi Moscowitz is survived by his wife, Esther; 
12his children, Shterna Sara Newman, Rabbi Meir Shimon Moscowitz, 
13Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Moscowitz, Rabbi Yehoshua Zelik Moscowitz, 
14Rivkah Sternberg, Chana Teldon, Rabbi Leibel Moscowitz, and 
15Chaya Mushka Hecht; his parents; and his brothers, Rabbi Moshe 
16Moscowitz, Eli Moscowitz, and Rabbi Mendel Moscowitz; 
17therefore, be it
  
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
20Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, and extend our sincere condolences to 
21his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
22further
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
2presented to the family of Rabbi Moscowitz as an expression of 
3our deepest sympathy.