Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dov Bidnick on 6 April 1978

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Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, United States of America

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95th Congress, 20th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains

Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Dov Bidnick, Sky Lake Synagogue, North Miami Beach, Florida
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Lehman (D-FL)
Date of Prayer: 6 April 1978

Mr. LEHMAN. Mr. Speaker. Rabbi Dov Bidnick is the spiritual leader of Sky Lake Synagogue in North Miami Beach, Florida. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, was ordained at the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore in 1963, and received his masters degree in education from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Yeshiva University in 1974. He is married to the former Judi Levin of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and they have three sons.
Rabbi Bidnick is in the forefront of community activities involving not only the Jewish community, but the community in general. He is a lecturer and educator for the Central Agency for Jewish Education’s Judaica High School as well as having taught for the Hebrew Academy. He is the educational director of Hineni of Florida’s Leadership Training Seminar. He was formerly the principal of the Hillel Community Day School of North Miami Beach.
Rabbi Bidnick is one of the founders of the Torah Academy of South Florida and serves on the Human Resources Committee of the city of North Miami Beach. In addition, he hosts a radio program, “Judaism Speaks,” and serves on the boards of the Mesivta High School, the Hebrew Academy, and the National Conference of Synagogue Youth.
For many years Rabbi Bidnick has been involved with those national and local organizations that have helped him to best dedicate his life to helping people.

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	Universal Father, Supreme Author of Liberty, who grants salvation unto nations, courage and strength to governments:
טוב להודות לה׳	Tov L’Hodos L’Hashem. It is good to give thanks unto the Lord.
	Help us unite all the citizens of our Republic by a bond of genuine brotherhood.
	May we never forget that freedom is indivisible; that the world cannot long endure half free and half slave.
	Inspire us to raise our voices fearlessly in behalf of our fellow man regardless of race, color, or creed.
	Teach us to be concerned with the welfare of each other.
	We pray Thee to bless, protect, and watch over the Members of this esteemed body and all of the constituted officials of our Government. Grant them wisdom and understanding in order to lead our Nation in righteousness and truth.
	Strengthen the warm bond of understanding which unites America and Israel and all freedom-loving nations that search for peace.
	Sanctify our love of country and devotion to the American way of life and let all nations resolve to toil for peace, for us and all mankind. Amen.

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fourth month of the second session of the 95th US Congress in the House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 124, part 7 (6 April 1978), page 9061.

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Congressional Record, vol. 124, part 7 (6 April 1978), p. 9061

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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.)

Dov Bidnick

Rabbi Dov Bidnick (1941-2021), born in Brooklyn, New York, was an Orthodox rabbi and educator in the United States. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, he received his semikhah from Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore in 1963, and a masters degree in education from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Yeshiva University in 1974. He went on to serve Sky Lake Synagogue in North Miami Beach, Florida. Rabbi Bidnick was one of the founders of the Torah Academy of South Florida and serves on the Human Resources Committee of the city of North Miami Beach. He hosted a radio program, “Judaism Speaks,” and served on the boards of the Mesivta High School, the Hebrew Academy, and the National Conference of Synagogue Youth. A lecturer and educator for the Central Agency for Jewish Education's Judaica High School Rabbi Bidnick taught for the Hebrew Academy and served as principal of the Hillel Community Day School of North Miami Beach and educational director of Hineni of Florida's Leadership Training Seminar.

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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