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A Civic Minded Prayer for the Government (translated by Alan Scott Belsky)

Shared by Alan Scott Belsky on ו׳ באב ה׳תשע״א (August 6, 2011)

We are grateful to Alan Scott Belsky for translating his favorite Prayer for the Government. The version below is included in the סדור שְׂפַת אֱמֶת הֶחָדָשׁ — Siddur Sfat Emet HeḤadash “Daily Prayer with English Directions” (1916, Hebrew Publishing Co., New York, NY) p.195-196. Thank you to Aharon Varady for his transcription of the Hebrew . . . → Read More: A Civic Minded Prayer for the Government (translated by Alan Scott Belsky)

A Prayer for the Government by Louis Ginzberg (translation by R’ Tim Bernard)

Shared by Tim Bernard on כ״ז באב ה׳תש״ע (August 7, 2010)

Louis Ginzberg (1873-1953)

Rabbi Louis Ginzberg’s “A Prayer for the Government,” was originally published in 1927 in the Festival Prayer Book, edited by Jacob Kohn and Maurice H. Farbridge. In his article “Conservative Prayerbooks” written for the Jewish Spectator in 1976, Dr. Eric Friedland had this to say about the Festival Prayer Book and Louis . . . → Read More: A Prayer for the Government by Louis Ginzberg (translation by R’ Tim Bernard)

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