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We offer our thanks, O Lord, for the achievement of this evening. Gathered in the spirit of brotherhood and dedication, we have learned of the needs that demand our caring. We have learned of men and women and children who exist in poverty, in distress, in despair; whose days are spent in lands of degradation; who need our help as they need the very air they breathe. And in seeking to rise to the measure of our responsibility, we have answered. | |
We trust that we may go forth from this meeting with a sense of Thy blessing. | |
For those who have given of themselves, we offer our thanks, O Lord. For those who labor to help make all of our community aware and responsive, we thank Thee. For the many blessings that are ours, for the opportunity to share them with our brethren, we thank Thee. | |
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the guardian of hope. | |
Amen. |
“Benediction for Charity Meeting” by Rabbi Morrison David Bial was first published in his anthology, An Offering of Prayer (1962), p. 74, from where this prayer was transcribed.
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Still from the lost silent film How the Jews Care For Their Poor (1913), from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dec. 14, 1913, pg. 59
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