President Donald Trump Tweets His Thanks to Gedolim Who United to Express their Thanks

“Thank you, Rabbis!” was President Trump’s heartfelt response on Twitter to the historic letter of praise and thanks that was written by 13 gedolim in June, but recently delivered to the president.

   In their letter, which showed a beautiful and unprecedented achdus, the grand rabbis and roshei yeshiva in particular wanted to show their akorus ha tov for the president’s declaration early on in the pandemic that houses of worship and religious institutions should be considered “essential.”

   “It was an honor to work on this unprecedented letter, starting in June, [expressing] thanks to [the president] for announcing that religion is essential-it definitely is!” responded Rabbi Moshe Margaretten, president and founder of the Tzedek Association. "We worked months to gather signatures [for this letter]."

   “As you have strengthened America to proudly hold aloft the banner of G-d and religious belief, so too, may G-d Almighty bless you to proudly lead us to victory in our current war with COVID-19,” the letter continued, quoting from Tehillim to say, “May you go ‘from strength to strength’ leading us forward towards ever greater good.”

The rabbis ended their letter with a special prayer for Trump, asking God to “bless and keep, preserve and rescue, exalt and magnify, and lift up higher and higher the President of these United States of America

(Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)