This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the second month of the second session of the 92nd US Congress in the House of Representatives. The source images of the prayer were copied by Howard Mortman and shared via his @CongressRabbi Twitter account. All credit to Howard Mortman for his research in digging up this prayer. Unfortunately, neither the source images nor his tweets provide an exact citation reference to the volume, issue, and page number of the Congressional Record in which the prayer was published. If you know, leave a comment, or contact us.

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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain (Albert Goldman, 8 February 1972)

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Albert A. Goldman

Rabbi Albert A. Goldman (1915-2007), born in Chicago, was a rabbi in the American Reform movement. A graduate of the University of Chicago and of the College of Jewish Studies, in 1940, he was ordained as a rabbi at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. During World War II, he was an army chaplain at Greenland and Lake Placid Rehabilitation Center. From 1946 to 1948, he was the assistant rabbi at Temple Israel in Boston. From 1948 till 1953, he served as a rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Yonkers. Chairman of the Committee on Psychiatry from the Central Conference of American Rabbis, he co-authored Religion and Psychiatry (Beacon Press: 1948), and Marriage and the Home, a pamphlet published by the American Social Hygiene Association. He served as the rabbi of Wise Temple in Cincinnati from 1953 to 1981.

the Congressional Record of the United States of America

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Printing Office and issued when Congress is in session. Indexes are issued approximately every two weeks. At the end of a session of Congress, the daily editions are compiled in bound volumes constituting the permanent edition. Statutory authorization for the Congressional Record is found in Chapter 9 of Title 44 of the United States Code. (wikipedia)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17

Works of related interest:

 

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Alfred Cohen on 27 January 1972

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Haim Kemelman on 25 February 1971

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck on 12 February 1948

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Harry J. Kaufman on 13 February 1951

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Robert S. Widom on 17 February 1970

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Jacob M. Sable on 25 February 1960

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Bernard Weinberger on 25 February 1964

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