Rabbi wounded in shootout in synagogue urges Trump to bring "moment of silence" back to schools

The heroic rabbi who was injured during the shooting in the California synagogue last Saturday said that President Trump was in favor of reintroducing a "moment of silence" in public schools.

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was not part of the official schedule, was invited by Trump to take the podium at the celebration of the National Day of Prayer. As Trump said: "Nobody has expressed better than you what you represent the horror and beauty of what you stand for."

Goldstein, with bandages on his hands, recalled the horrible moment when the shooter entered his synagogue. And he said that one thing that will help healing will bring back the moment of silence to the school.

"Children [are] not to grow with the values ​​that our founding fathers started, he said. Something seems fundamentally wrong when there is a generation of kids growing up and doing what they do.

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One person died in the shooting.

"Just five days ago, Saturday morning, I confronted evil in the darkest darkness of our time, in our own place of worship, at Chabad of Poway," Goldstein told church leaders together. at the Rose Garden. "I faced him and I had to make a decision: do I run and hide or do I stand up and fight and protect all those who are there?"

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He recalled the words of his Rabbi, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, who taught him "our way of reacting in the dark is with the light".

"That's when I made the decision, no matter what happened to me, to save as many people as possible – I should have died now, according to the rule of statistics. I was about to fire, the bullets flying all the way, my fingers escaped, but I did not stop.The rebbe taught me, as a soldier of God, that you have to stand up and do fast to do what it takes to change the world. "

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"My life has changed forever," he continued, "but it has changed so that I can make a change and help others learn to be strong, powerful and great. Many asked me, "Rabbi, where are we from here? How can we prevent this? & # 39; "

"My answer is what the Rebbe [said] when President Ronald Reagan was shot dead. The Rebbe said that we should go back to basics and introduce a moment of silence in all public schools, "said the rabbi with applause. So that children, from their earliest childhood, can recognize that there is more good in the world, that they are precious, there is a responsibility and every human being is created in the world. image of God. If something positive should come out of this terrible horrible event, let's bring a moment of silence to our public school system … "

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The rabbi finally thanked Trump for his response as "man par excellence".

Goldstein turned to Trump: "Mr. President, when you called me, I was at home crying.You were the first person to start my healing.You heal people in the worst times of their lives and I am very grateful to you for bringing a great honor to Mrs. Lori Kaye … "

Trump called him a "big man" with "nice words".

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"He said it was my greatest moment in life," Trump added. "To go from darkness to the White House."

Goldstein was accompanied by the faithful and heroes of the attack, Oscar Stewart, the veteran who had chased the shooter out of the synagogue; and Jonathan Morales, the resting border patrol officer who took the pursuit and managed to shoot the attacker's car several times.

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The president asked the two men to share a few words. Like his rabbi, Morales quoted the Rebbe and asked his audience to increase the observance of the mitzvah and his acts of kindness and kindness.

After the rabbi's emotional remarks, the President thanked him, saying that "truly your courage, grace, and devotion touch all hearts and souls of the United States."