Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the New York State Legislature: Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise (in the week commencing 11 April 1853)

This is one of three opening prayers offered by the guest chaplain, Rabbi Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise, for the week commencing 11 April 1853. The prayer was published in “The Israelite Chaplain in the N.Y. Legislature,” The Asmonean (15 April 1853), p. 5. It is the only prayer we have from this week that he officiated in 1853.

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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, New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, Prayers of Guest Chaplains

Contributor(s):

Isaac Mayer Wise and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for Lajos Kossuth, by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise (5 June 1852)

This is an opening prayer offered by Rabbi Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise, before an address by Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894) sponsored by the Young Men’s Hungarian Liberty Association in Albany, New York on 5 June 1852. The prayer was published as part of the “Programme of Exercises,” in The Asmonean (12 June 1852).

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🇭🇺 Hungary, 🌐 Day of Democracy (September 15th)

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Forty-eighters, Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Lajos Kossuth, Prayers for leaders, Revolutions of 1848

Contributor(s):

Isaac Mayer Wise and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)