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O Lord:
At this time of our assembly
do we ask Thy blessing
on ourselves
and on our homes,
on our children
and our Temple
which we have dedicated to Thee
and Thy service. | |
We know that the profoundest service
is the dedication of ourselves
to that which is noble
and of deep spiritual worth. | |
So our congregation,
an assembly joined to work
for our common good,
the benefit of our children,
our community
and the welfare of our brothers here
and beyond the seas,
endeavors to move ever nearer
to the realization of Judaism
and the Jewish life. | |
May we in our ardent labors
ever keep before us
the idea of the brotherhood of Israel
as well as the Fatherhood of God. | |
May the import of our religion
ever be expressed concretely
in our daily actions.
So before God and man
will our Temple and its members
be considered a blessing. | |
Amen. |
“Meeting Invocation” by Rabbi Morrison David Bial was first published in his anthology, An Offering of Prayer (1962), p. 75, from where this prayer was transcribed. Source(s)
Born in New York in 1917, Morrison David Bial studied at Princeton Theological Seminary, served as a chaplain at Mitchell Field during World War II, and was ordained from the Jewish Institute of Religion in 1945. Rabbi Bial spoke from pulpits in the United States as well as in Dublin, Glasgow, and London. He led a number of tours to Israel, and published thirteen books, including The Rabbi’s Bible: Torah and The Rabbi’s Bible: Prophets (began in 1966, co-authored with Solomon Simon), Liberal Judaism at Home: the Practices of Modern Reform Judaism (1971), and Your Jewish Child (1978). Rabbi Bial spent over thirty years serving Temple Sinai in Summit, New Jersey, from 1953 until he became Rabbi Emeritus in 1985. From 1985–1995, Rabbi Bial joined Temple Beth Shalom in Ocala, Florida, revitalizing its interfaith movement, and served as Rabbi Emeritus until his death in 2004. 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.)
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