Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Bernard Bergman on 26 May 1942

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Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, United States of America

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Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Bernard Bergman, Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel, New York City, New York
Sponsor: Rep. Arthur Klein (D-NY)
Date of Prayer: 26 May 1942

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	Almighty God, Father of the Universe! We beseech Thee, bless our Chief Executive and prosper the enterprises of the august Members of this assembly, the chosen representatives of the great American people, gathered here in solemn deliberation in this supreme moment of their Nation’s need.
	Merciful God, grant them light and guidance in this perilous hour of humanity’s agony. Grant them wisdom and foresight to navigate the ship of state amidst the sundry obstructions and obstacles besetting our course, and guard them against those who seek to paralyze the arms of the brave defenders of our liberties who are now engaged in Thy forces, even as they are waging humanity’s struggle on the battlefields of many continents and distant lands.
	We beseech Thee, O Lord, look down from Thy throne of mercy upon Thy children of this liberty-loving Nation. Bless our brave effort and send glorious victory to our banners. Grant us, O Lord, Thy blessing, so that “the earth shall be filled again with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” (Isaiah 11:9)^[1] Cf. Habakkuk 2:14 Amen.

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fifth month of the second session of the 77th US Congress in the House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 88, part 4 (26 May 1942), page 4576.

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Congressional Record, vol. 88, part 4 (26 May 1942), p. 4576

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1	Cf. Habakkuk 2:14

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

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.)

Bernard Bergman

Rabbi Bernard Bergman (September 2, 1911 – June 16, 1984), born in Romania, was an Orthodox rabbi and businessman in the United States. In the 1920s, after his family emigrated to Brooklyn. Bergman went to Mandatory Palestine, where he attended the Hebron Yeshiva in order to pursue his religious studies. He received his semikhah from Moshe Mordechai Epstein in 1933. Back in New York City, he took a position as a rabbi at the Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel, a nursing home on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He also served as editor and publisher of the Yiddish-language daily The Jewish Morning Journal and served as the head of Hapoel HaMizrachi. As a businessman, Bergman turned an inheritance of $25,000 into an empire of nursing homes valued at $24 million. Rabbi Bergman is best known for his operation of this network of nursing homes and his conviction for Medicaid fraud in 1976.

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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