Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff on 29 November 2019

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Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, United States of America, House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 116th Congress

Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, U.S. Navy Chaplain (Ret)., Washington DC
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Date of Prayer: 2019-11-29

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	Opening Prayer Given by the Guest Chaplain:
	Almighty God, we pray, reflect, meditate in different ways, but come together to give thanks. This Thanksgiving week we acknowledge times are hard: hostility and tension fill our airwaves and our lives. But Thanksgiving is a choice: Give thanks, build on, moments that give hope; or give up, succumbing to despair.
	On this House floor last week Congressman John Lewis walked across the aisle, honoring, embracing, Senator Johnny Isakson with simple but inspiring words: “I will come over to meet you, brother.” When we see another not as other, but instead as brother, sister, neighbor, that is cause for thanks.
	During holidays some feast and some go hungry — not for bread alone, but for kindness and for hope. When words and actions bridge a gap; when character and decency touch our hearts; that is cause for thanks. God, help us give thanks. Celebrate good. And hold on to faith that better times will come.
	May we say, Amen.

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116th Congress, 1st Session
Issue: Vol. 165, No. 190 — Daily Edition (November 29, 2019)

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United States Congressional Record

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Arnold E. Resnicoff

Arnold E. Resnicoff (born 1946) is an American Conservative rabbi who served as a military officer and military chaplain. He served in Vietnam and Europe before attending rabbinical school. He then served as a U.S. Navy Chaplain for almost 25 years. He promoted the creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and delivered the closing prayer at its 1982 dedication. In 1984 the President of the United States spoke on his eyewitness account of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. After retiring from the military he was National Director of Interreligious Affairs for the American Jewish Committee and served as Special Assistant (for Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, serving at the equivalent military rank of Brigadier General. Resnicoff holds several degrees, including an honorary doctorate. His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Department of the Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, and the Chapel of Four Chaplains Hall of Heroes Gold Medallion. (via his entry in Wikipedia)

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