Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Irving Spielman on 12 September 1990

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Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, United States of America

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U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 101st Congress, 20th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Irving Spielman, Fort Lee Jewish Community Center, Fort Lee, New Jersey
Date of Prayer: 12 September 1990
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Torricelli (D-NJ)

Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to welcome Rabbi Irving Spielman, this morning’s guest chaplain to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Rabbi Spielman is the spiritual leader of the Fort Lee Jewish Community Center in Fort Lee, NJ. For nearly a decade, he has given inspired leadership in Bergen County on a variety of religious and community issues.
Rabbi Spielman received the rabbinical degree at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. For over 30 years, he has served a number of important congregations in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Rabbi Spielman, among his many community affiliations, is a member of the National Rabbinic Cabinet of the Israel bonds organization, and serves on the boards of the Jewish National Fund of New Jersey, the Bergen County Board of Rabbis, and the Rabbinical Assembly of New Jersey.
Mr. Speaker, I know that you and our colleagues join me in extending warm greetings to Rabbi Spielman, his wife Selma, and members of their family on this happy occasion.

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	Eternal God, Ribon ha-Olam, Father of All; with grateful hearts, we turn to thee to bless us with wisdom to understand the true responsibilities of our tasks, to give us the courage to pursue them, and the health and the vigor to persist in reaching our goals.
	Bless, oh God, the men and women of this House, that we may be granted the peace for which we yearn. May we be endowed with harmony, vision, and strength of purpose, so that we may better fulfill our obligations to You and to our fellow men. In moments of doubt, renew our faith. In days of adversity, gird us with patience and understanding. Above all, imbue into us oh God with the wisdom to count our blessings.
	May we always uphold the challenge as is proclaimed in the book of Leviticus, to “proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.” (Leviticus 25:10)
	All this we ask in Thy name. Amen.

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101st Congress, 2nd Session. C-SPAN.
Congressional Record, Vol. 136, Part 17 — Bound Edition, p. 23952.

Congressional Record v. 136, part 17 – 12 September 1990. p. 23952

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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.)

Irving Spielman

Rabbi Irving Spielman, ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. In the 1960s he was rabbi of Beth Hillel Synagogue in Bloomfield, Connecticut. In the 1980s and 1990s, he led the JCC of Fort Lee, New Jersey. Rabbi Spielman served on the boards of the Jewish National Fund of New Jersey, the Bergen County Board of Rabbis, and the Rabbinical Assembly of New Jersey, and as a as a member of the National Rabbinic Cabinet of Israel Bonds.

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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