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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff on 20 November 2018![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 November 2018. . . . ![]() ![]() ![]() This vidui (confession), based on the traditional pattern of Yom Kipur confession, was written around 2011by Michal Talya and is used by several liberal communities in Israel. . . . תפילה לארצות הברית לאחר הטבח בפּיטסבּורג | Prayer for the United States after the Pittsburgh Massacre, by Rabbi Stephen Belsky (2018)![]() ![]() ![]() A prayer composed in the aftermath of the mass murder of the Dor Ḥadash community at the Ets Ḥayyim (Tree of Life) Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh on Shabbat morning 27 October 2018. . . . תפילה לשלום התפוצה היהודית | A Prayer for the Welfare of Diaspora Jewry, by Rabbi Amitai Fraiman (2018)![]() ![]() ![]() We have a prayer for the State of Israel, its army, government etc. but we do not have a non-judgmental, non-aliyah focused prayer for the welfare of Diaspora Jewry. This prayer offers a remedy for this absence. . . . ![]() ![]() ![]() A prayer for the recovery of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after a dangerous fall she endured in her office on 8 November 2018. . . . ![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 November 2012. . . . ![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 2 November 2011. . . . ![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 16 June 2003. . . . ![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 13 June 2003. . . . ![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 21 May 2003. . . . ![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 19 May 2003. . . . ![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 5 May 2003. . . . ![]() ![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 April 2003. . . . ![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 April 2003. . . . ![]() ![]() ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 22 January 2003. . . . גאָט בענטש אַמעריקע | God Bless America, for Armistice Day by Irving Berlin (1918/1938) with Yiddish translation![]() ![]() The words of the prayer for Armistice Day 1938, “God Bless America” by Irving Berlin, in English and Yiddish. . . . ![]() ![]() ![]() A prayer upon preparing ḥallot for Shabbat. . . . 💬 מְגִלַּת וָשִׁעְתּוֹן | Megillat Washiŋton, a scroll for Thanksgiving Day by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (1790, 2018)![]() ![]() In many Jewish communities around the world, there have been traditional scrolls read for “local Purims,” celebrating redemptions for a specific community. Here in America, we don’t really have an equivalent to that. But we do have Thanksgiving, a day heavily inspired by Biblical traditions of celebration, and one long associated with all that is good about America. Some Jewish communities have a tradition on Thanksgiving of reading Washington’s letter to the Jews of Newport, where he vows to support freedom of religion, famously writing that the United States “gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance” – thus rephrasing words originally written in a prior letter by Moses Seixas (say-shas), the sexton of the Touro Synagogue in Newport. This text includes the original English of both Moses Seixas’ letter to Washington and Washington’s return, as well as a somewhat simplified version of the story of Washington’s visit to Newport. Inspired largely by the style of the Book of Esther, it could be read on Thanksgiving morning during the service, using Esther melodies (or going on detours as per personal choice). . . . ![]() ![]() A ḥatimah (closing) prayer delivered by Ḥazzan Gershom Seixas at a special Thanksgiving Day service by K.K. Shearith Israel in 1789. . . . הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה | Prayer for the Government of the United States of America, presented by Gershom Seixas on Thanksgiving Day 1789![]() ![]() The prayer for the government presented by Gershom Seixas at K.K. Shearith Israel on Thanksgiving Day 1789. . . . 📜 פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּצֵא | Parashat Vayetsei (Genesis 28:10-32:3), color-coded according to its narrative layers![]() ![]() ![]() The text of parashat Vayetsei, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . . 📜 פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּשְׁלַח | Parashat Vayishlaḥ (Genesis 32:4-36:43), color-coded according to its narrative layers![]() ![]() ![]() The text of parashat Vayishlaḥ, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . . 📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Vayishlaḥ (Genesis 32:4-36:43): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman![]() ![]() ![]() A Torah reading of Parashat Vayishlaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . . 📜 פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּשֶׁב | Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23), color-coded according to its narrative layers![]() ![]() ![]() The text of parashat Vayeshev, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . . 📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman![]() ![]() ![]() A Torah reading of Parashat Vayishlaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . . 💬 Haftarah Reading for the First Shabbat of Ḥanukkah (Zekharyah 2:14-4:7): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman![]() ![]() ![]() The haftarah reading for the first Shabbat of Ḥanukkah in English translation, transtropilized. . . . |