Armistice Day Prayer, by Rabbi Hyman Solomon (after World War Ⅰ, circa 1920s)

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Hyman Solomon

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Armistice Day (November 11th)

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, American Jewry of the United States, World War Ⅰ

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	Almighty Father, Thou who controllest the destinies of all men and in whose hand lies the fate of all nations, we have appeared before Thee this day with feelings of deep thankfulness. We are grateful that the war which brought so much destruction, so much sorrow, and so much death, ceased. We recall the heroism which so many of our brave spirits showed, and the noble sacrifices so many made at the call of their beloved land. We remember, with affection, all those devoted souls who gave their lives for their country.
	But, Almighty God, futile would have been our observance of this sacred day, of no avail will have been all the sufferings of our martyrs if there be not born in us the conviction that wars must no longer afflict mankind— wars with all their terrors— wars in which the hand of one man is turned against his brother! “For have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us?”^[1] Malachi 2:10.
	We know that America came forth victorious, because all its people from one end of the land to the other, irrespective of race or creed, were united for a common purpose. Grant us the wisdom to banish hate so that no internal dissension may disrupt our living together in fellowship.
	Bless this glorious land of ours that it may ever continue to be a haven of refuge for the oppressed and an apostle of righteousness to the entire world. Amen.

“Armistice-Day Prayer” was published in Rabbi Jacob Bosniak’s Likutei Tefilot: Public and Pulpit Prayers (1930). It may have been published elsewhere, earlier, as Rabbi Solomon tragically died at the age of 40 that year. We have been unable to find an earlier publication.

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1	Malachi 2:10.

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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.)

Hyman Solomon

Rabbi Hyman Solomon (1890-1930) from Springfield, Massachusetts, was rabbi of Beth Israel Temple, Vineland New Jersey and served as secretary of the Rabbinical Assembly.

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