Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Milton Richman on 20 April 1964

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Yom ha-Atsma'ut (5 Iyyar), Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, United States of America

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88th Congress, 20th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate

Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Milton Richman, Madison Avenue Temple, Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Date of Prayer: 20 April 1964

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	I rise as an American before our great leaders, and as an American of the Jewish faith, mindful of my brothers in the new State of Israel on their 16th birthday, and grateful for America’s great help.
	May these words be worthy to approach the throne of the Holy One, and perhaps touch your hearts, too.
	O America, O Israel: Remember the hopes of our Founding Fathers, and the confidences of our prophets. Remember, and rejoice in our achievements. Remember, and reaffirm their dreams as our tasks.
	O America, be right in your strength.
	O Israel, be strong in your right.
	O God, be Thou our Judge and Defender. Amen.

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fourth month of the second session of the 88th US Congress in the Senate, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 110, part 6 (20 April 1964), page 8410.

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Congressional Record, vol. 110, part 6 (20 April 1964), p. 8410

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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.)

Milton Richman

Rabbi Milton Richman (1921-2001) born in Brooklyn, New York, was a Reform movement rabbi in the United States. He was ordained at HUC in 1952 and became rabbi of Temple Israel, Lafayette, Indiana, while teaching at Purdue University. He next served in Buffalo, New York, and arrived in Scranton in 1957, when he became rabbi of the Madison Avenue Temple (now Temple Hesed). Rabbi Richman served on the boards of Jewish Family Services, the Scranton-Lackawanna Jewish Federation, the Family Service Association and the United Way, but is remembered for his commitment to social justice and for beginning dialogues between leaders of all the city's religions.

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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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Dr. Meir Felman on 28 April 1964

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