Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Dena Feingold on 20 April 1994

Name: Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Dena Feingold on 20 April 1994
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Channel: the Congressional Record of the United States of America
Description: The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 April 1994.

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Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, United States of America

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103rd Congress, 20th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate

Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Dena Feingold of Beth Hillel Temple, Kenosha, WI
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Date of Prayer: 04/20/1994

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	Opening Prayer Given by the Guest Chaplain:
	Source of Wisdom, Well of Justice, Fountain of Goodness and of Peace, we praise You for pouring Your spirit upon humanity as we struggle feebly to fashion our society into the kind of world You have envisioned. We cherish Your guidance as we strive to bring peace, harmony, and equity to this world in which we are Your partners.
	As these elected officials begin another day of deliberation in the U.S. Senate, we pray that Your presence may dwell among them. Enable them to discern and to acquire but a minute portion of Your wisdom and compassion, Your knowledge of what is just and right, as they carry out the awesome task of governing our great Nation. Grant them insight and endurance as they consider the weighty issues facing our country. Endow them with deep concern for one another, for their constituents, for the people of this Nation and indeed of the entire world. Give them courage to take difficult stands and to ask the hard questions which must be asked in order to bring wholeness to our broken world.
	With grateful hearts do we stand before You, Framer and Fashioner of all that is right and just, for the privilege of living in this land of freedom where the Spirit of Goodness is felt keenly by so many. Eternal Power of the Universe, Author of Freedom, to You we offer thanks and praise.
	And let us say: Amen.

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103rd Congress, 2nd Session (April 2o, 2020)

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Dena Feingold

Dena Feingold is the rabbi of the Beth Hillel Temple in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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