Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Tzvi H. Porath on 14 May 1991

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Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, United States of America

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Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Tzvi H. Porath, Adat Reyim Congregation of Neighbors, Springfield, Virginia
Date of Prayer: 14 May 1991

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	Our Heavenly Father, we invoke Thy blessing upon the Members of the Senate of the United States as they prepare to deliberate the vital issues affecting our Nation.
	We are grateful to Thee for Thy gift of the moral and spiritual teachings which have become part and parcel of the fundamental beliefs upon which our country was founded.
	We ask Thee to imbue those who guide the affairs of state with insight and wisdom “so that justice and equity, peace and serenity, happiness and prosperity abide among us.
	“May all the inhabitants of this Nation join in a common bond of fellowship and brotherhood to banish hatred and bigotry, to safeguard the ideals and free institutions which are the pride and glory of our Nation.
	“May this land under Your providence continue to be an influence for good throughout the world, uniting all people in peace and freedom and helping them to fulfill the vision of Your prophet: ‘nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore’ (Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3).”^[1] Adapted from Siddur Sim Shalom. Amen.

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102nd Congress, 1st Session. C-SPAN.
Congressional Record, Vol. 137, Part 8 — Bound Edition, p. 10762.

Congressional Record v. 137, part 8 – 14 May 1991. p. 10762

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1	Adapted from Siddur Sim Shalom.

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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.)

Tzvi Porath

Rabbi Tzvi Porath (1916-2007) was a Conservative Rabbi in the United States. After receiving smikhah, he serves as U.S. Army chaplain during World War II, and then went on to lead two Conservative shuls in suburban Washington. In 1952, he began serving Ohr Kodesh congregation in Chevy Chase. In 1984, he began serving Congregation Adat Reyim in Springfield, Virginia.

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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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17