A Prayer for Peace and Goodwill Among the Nations of the Earth, by Rabbi Jonas Kaminkowski (1927)

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Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, National Brotherhood Week, United Nations, United Nations Day (October 24th)

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World War Ⅰ, League of Nations, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M.

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	Omnipotent God, merciful Father, from under the misty clouds of selfishness, prejudice, intolerance, and hatred that are still hovering over a great portion of humanity, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, to dissipate the darkness of our earth and illuminate our souls with a flash of Heavenly light and truth. Kindle our hearts with a spark of Thy divine love, so that we may realize and fulfill Thy sacred will to bring about our salvation by sympathy, goodwill and peace among all the nations of the earth.
	We all have sinned against Thee, O Heavenly Father! Those who have power and wealth by offending, injuring or oppressing the weak and the poor; and those oppressed, persecuted and humiliated, by abandoning their faith and losing their confidence in the brotherhood of men and providence of God. Have mercy upon Thy children who have lost Thy ways and forgotten Thy commandments; who are indifferent to, or cause, the sufferings of their fellow-men. Fulfill Thy promise that Thou hast given to Israel through Thy prophets, and extend it to all Thy children: “And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you, and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and will give them a heart of flesh.”^[1] Ezekiel 11:19 and Ezekiel 36:26–27. See also Jeremiah 32:39–40.
	Almighty God! Thou hast created man in Thine image and endowed him with the power to rise above his selfish interests. In extraordinary moments of great calamities, that from time to time befall mankind, we find within us the moral courage and divine inspiration which help us achieve wonderful deeds of heroism and self-sacrifice for the sake of our fellow-men. Awaken, O Lord, those dormant powers within us. Help us realize our spiritual and moral capacities to the end that we may exercise them every day and every hour for the benefit of mankind, thus glorifying Thy holy name and proclaiming Thy Divine will to have peace and love reign on earth. Amen.

“A Prayer for Peace and Goodwill Among All the Nations of the Earth” by Rabbi Jonas Kaminkowski was published in Liqutei Tefilot: Public and Pulpit Prayers (1927), compiled by Rabbi Jacob Bosniak.

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1	Ezekiel 11:19 and Ezekiel 36:26–27. See also Jeremiah 32:39–40.

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

Jonas Kaminkowski

Jonas Kaminkowski (b. 1892 in Warsaw, Poland) was a poet and rabbi. Educated in Warsaw's public schools, after emigrating he attended the City College of New York and Columbia University, receiving his M.A. in 1924, and then in 1926 at the Jewish Theological Seminary, his Rabbinical degree (with honors). Rabbi, Cong. Agudath Achim, Taunton. Mass.; former principal, Jewish High School, Sompolno. Poland; former secy., Jewish Writers and Journalists Soc., Warsaw; mem. com. on religious observance, Rabbinical Assembly. Contributed various articles to Shul and Leben: published numerous Yiddish poems in Dos Yiddishe Folk, Dos Folk, Haint, Der Americaner, etc. Mem., Z. O. A. Res.: 34 Winthrop St. Study: 36 Winthrop St., Taunton, Mass.

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