Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the New York State Senate: Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise on 24 June 1851

The opening prayer offered by Rabbi Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise, in his role as guest chaplain before the 74th New York State Senate on 24 June 1851, and published under the header, “Albany” in The Asmonean (11 July 1851), on page 5. The prayer is one of the earliest offered by a rabbi before a state legislature in the United States.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, New York State Senate, Prayers of Guest Chaplains

Contributor(s):

Isaac Mayer Wise and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for the Government, by Rabbi H.A. Henry (Ḳ.Ḳ. B’nai Jeshurun, Cincinnati, Ohio 1850)

An original prayer for the government of the United States, Ohio, and the city of Cincinnati by Rabbi H.A. Henry was published in an article, “Emendation of the Liturgy” in The Asmonean (21 June 1850), p. 6.

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Government & Country, 🇺🇸 United States of America

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Cincinnati, English vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Henry Abraham Henry and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)