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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Amos M. Bunim on 1 June 1954

Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Amos M. Bunim, Congregation Sons and Daughters of Israel, Brooklyn, New York
Sponsor: n/a
Date of Prayer: 1 June 1954


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Our Father in Heaven,
bless this august body of men
representing the freest people
in your world.
Grant us divine guidance
to legislate in the spirit of the truth
that You have taught us—
to set noble standards for this great democracy
that the other inhabitants of Your earth may emulate,
to interpret Your will in laws and mores
that will make this world a happy habitat
which You have intended in Your graciousness;
so that the bounties You have planted in heaven and earth
may be extended to the good of all Your children.
Guide us to legislate in the spirit of Your teachings
and may we realize the prophetic blessing expressed in Deuteronomy,
“For this is your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the nations
that shall hear all these statutes and they will say
‘indeed a wise People and understanding is this great nation.’” (Deuteronomy 4:6)
Protect us against the enemies of our country
who blaspheme Your name
and threaten Your children on earth
with oppression of streams of blood.
Bless this peace-loving Nation
to be everlastingly founded on the pillars of civilization
expressed in the ethics of our fathers,
“on justice, on truth, and on peace” (Pirkei Avot 1:18)[1] A teaching in the name of Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel after Zechariah 8:16. 
now and forevermore.
Amen.

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the sixth month of the first session of the 83rd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 100 part 6 (1 June 1954), page 7417.

Source(s)

Congressional Record, vol. 100, part 6 (1 June 1954), p. 7417

 

Notes

Notes
1A teaching in the name of Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel after Zechariah 8:16.

 

 

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