https://opensiddur.org/?p=34178Prayer for Every Voice to be Heard and All Votes to be Counted, by Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann (2020)2020-11-04 20:47:31A prayer for the day after the US day of elections that all votes be counted.Textthe Open Siddur ProjectLauren Grabelle HerrmannLauren Grabelle Herrmannhttps://opensiddur.org/copyright-policy/Lauren Grabelle Herrmannhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/Elections & VotingElection Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)United States21st century C.E.58th century A.M.English vernacular prayerUnited States General Election 2020
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God, Spirit of the Universe,
Mercifully hear our prayer
for every voice to be heard
and every vote to be counted.
You have created humankind
in the image of the Divine,
teaching us that each human life is worthy,
holy,
and deserving of dignity and honor.
In your magnificent Divine Creation,
you have endowed each of us
with the capacity to make free choices
that shape our destiny.
We know that in a free democracy,
our vote is our voice,
the exercise of our godly right to choose
and a manifestation of the sanctity of our lives.
Holy One,
Help us to make manifest
the dignity and autonomy
of each person
by honoring their voices.
Strengthen us
as we firmly advocate
that every single vote be counted.
Protect us
from those who seek to demean the divine image
through deception and suppression.
Fill us with awe
for the franchise that so many have fought
and died
to extend to all God’s children.
Grant us patience
to wait as long as needed
so that democracy can work as it should,
a holy exchange between the governing
and the governed.
Guide our steps in these coming days,
so that we may respond with commitment
and with abounding love for all Creatures.
May we be strong and have courage in the days ahead.
And whatever the outcome of this election,
may we commit to building a future
in which no vote is suppressed or denied.
Let every vote count.
Let every voice be heard.
The “Prayer for Every Voice to be Heard and All Votes to be Counted,” was first published by Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann on 4 November 2020 via her Facebook page.
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Lauren Grabelle Herrmann serves as the rabbi for SAJ – Judaism That Stands for All in Manhattan. She is a member of T’ruah: the Rabbinic call for Human Rights, the co-chair of the Rabbinic Council for JFREJ, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. Rabbi Herrmann is an active clergy member of New Sanctuary Coalition, an organization that fights for immigrants at risk for detention and deportation in NYC. She has been active champion of LGBTQ rights within and beyond the Jewish community, from her days as an intern at CBST, the world’s largest synagogue for LGBTQ individuals, family and and friends until today. In 2017, Rabbi Lauren organized the “Yes to Love, No to Hate: Interfaith Solidarity, Hope and Action” in response to the white supremacist march in Charlottesville, VA that gathered over 600 New Yorkers and brought together over 70 sponsoring organizations. In 2018, Rabbi Lauren participated in a mass mobilization and human rights mission to San Diego to support immigrants at the border. She is a proud alumni of the AJWS Global Justice Fellowship. Before coming to SAJ, Rabbi Lauren was the founder of Kol Tzedek, an inclusive, dynamic and growing synagogue in West Philadelphia. She was also a founding clergy member of POWER, Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower and Rebuild. She graduated from The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, graduating in 2006 and was the recipient of the Lillian Fern Award for Service to the Community and the Rabbi Kenneth and Aviva Berger Memorial Prize in Practical Rabbinics. She is a proud of Alumni of JOIN, the Jewish Organizing Initiative and Network and Rabbis Without Borders.
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