Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Nathan Kapner on 20 June 1973

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Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, United States of America

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20th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 93rd Congress

Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Nathan Kapner, Hillel Hebrew Academy and Synagogue, Massapequa, New York
Sponsor: Rep. Angelo D. Roncallo (R-NY)
Date of Prayer: 20 June 1973

Mr. RONCALLO of New York, Mr. Speaker, I am proud that our opening prayer in the House of Representatives was delivered by Rabbi Nathan Kapner, the spiritual leader of the Hillel Hebrew Academy and Synagogue of Massapequa, my hometown. It is indeed an honor for all the residents of the Third Congressional District on Long Island to have Rabbi Kapner here. He is the first clergyman from my new district to deliver the House opening prayer and I am proud that he was invited to do so.
It is most appropriate that Rabbi Kapner is with us today for, this evening, in my district, Jew and non-Jew alike are to march to the Russian mission estate in Glen Cove to protest the plight of Soviet Jewry.
Rabbi Kapner has long been concerned with the well-being of his Jewish brethren. Among his many outstanding accomplishments is his work with many blind Jewish youth in our community. With the assistance of braille prayer books and texts, Rabbi Kapner has helped these young people to become educated and fulfilled members of the Jewish community so that they can take full part in the traditional services of the synagogue and be knowledgeable of their traditions and history.
On behalf of my constituents and colleagues, I thank Rabbi Kapner for being with us today.

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	O Lord, be Thou with this assembly of legislators who have been selected to guide the destinies of our great Nation. Humbly we ask Thy blessings to grant them good health and strength so that these honored lawmakers be sparked with God’s divineness and inspired to translate into law the Biblical moral and ethical ideals laid down by our ancestors: The hatred of tyranny and the love of freedom— the very foundation of our democracy.
	Permit us to be sensitive to our aged, to the handicapped, and to the destitute in our midst.
	We pray that our Republic uphold the reverence for all humanity in every land and continue to build a society based on love and compassion and the dignity of man. Amen.

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the sixth month of the first session of the 93rd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 119, part 16 (20 June 1973), page 20513.

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Congressional Record, vol. 119, part 16 (20 June 1973), p. 20513

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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.)

Nathan Kapner

Rabbi Nathan Kapner (1949-2008), born in Brooklyn, New York, was an Orthodox movement rabbi in the United States. In 1966, he founded the Hillel Hebrew Academy and Synagogue in Massapequa, New York. He also worked for NCSY and was active in the movement to free Soviet Jewry. If you know more details about Rabbi Kapner's life and career, please contact us.

the Congressional Record of the United States of America

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Printing Office and issued when Congress is in session. Indexes are issued approximately every two weeks. At the end of a session of Congress, the daily editions are compiled in bound volumes constituting the permanent edition. Statutory authorization for the Congressional Record is found in Chapter 9 of Title 44 of the United States Code. (wikipedia)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17