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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Morris M. Shapiro on 8 April 1975

Contributed by: Morris M. Shapiro, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 8 April 1975. . . .

Land of Hope and Promise, a prayer for Israel (CCAR 1975)

Contributed by: Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR], Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

“Land of Hope and Promise” was published in Gates of Prayer: The New Union Prayerbook (CCAR 1975), pp. 240-241. In 1984, it was proved as the “Prayer for Israel” in the Prayerbook for Jewish Personnel in the Armed Forces of the United States (Jewish Welfare Board 1984), p. 436. The work appears to have been adapted from a much earlier paraliturgical hashkivenu prayer offered in the Evening Service for the Sabbath from the Union Prayer Book Newly Revised (CCAR 1924) to be said by the Reader between the Shema and the Amidah in a version (№5) of the Friday night service, pp. 68-69. . . .

“Prayer Song,” a hymn by Stephen Hanan Kaplan from the play, David Dances (1975)

Contributed by: Stephen Hanan, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

A prayer written for the play David Dances (1997) by playwright Stephen Mo Hanan. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Sidney S. Guthman on 2 July 1974

Contributed by: Sidney S. Guthman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 2 July 1974. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Shlomo Goren on 24 June 1974

Contributed by: Shlomo Goren, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 June 1974. . . .

Hashem is Everywhere! — a song by Rabbi Yosef Goldstein (1972)

Contributed by: Yosef Goldstein, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The pedagogical song “Hashem is Everywhere!” by Rabbi Yosef Goldstein (1928-2013) can be found in the context of his story, “Where is Hashem?,” the second track on his album מדות טובות Jewish Ethics Through Story and Song (Menorah Records 1972). In the instructions to reciting the lyrics, the singer points first to the six cardinal directions and lastly, by pointing inward towards one’s self. In so doing, one explicitly affirms the idea of the divine within ourselves and implicitly, in each other. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Kenneth I. Segel on 18 July 1973

Contributed by: Kenneth Ian Segel, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 18 July 1973. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Nathan Kapner on 20 June 1973

Contributed by: Nathan Kapner, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 June 1973. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Mordecai Levy on 25 May 1972

Contributed by: Mordecai Levy, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 25 May 1972. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Kenneth Segel on 19 April 1972

Contributed by: Kenneth Ian Segel, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 April 1972. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Charles M. Rubel on 4 August 1971

Contributed by: Charles M. Rubel, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 4 August 1971. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Morton M. Kanter on 9 June 1971

Contributed by: Morton Milford Kanter, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 9 June 1971. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Israel O. Goldberg on 4 June 1971

Contributed by: Israel O. Goldberg, the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 June 1971. . . .

“Just Walk Beside Me” (לֵךְ פָּשׁוּט לְצִדִּי | امشي بجانبي | נאָר גיין לעבן מיר), lines from an unknown author circulating in 1970; Jewish adaptation with translations in Aramaic, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic

Contributed by: Moshe Tanenbaum, Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

Variations of the original three lines culminating with “…walk beside me…” first appear in high school yearbooks beginning in 1970. The earliest recorded mention we could find was in The Northern Light, the 1970 yearbook of North Attleboro High School, Massachusetts. In the Jewish world of the early to mid-1970s, a young Moshe Tanenbaum began transmitting the lines at Jewish summer camps. In 1979, as Uncle Moishy, Tanenbaum published a recording of the song under the title “v’Ohavta” (track A4 on The Adventures of Uncle Moishy and the Mitzvah Men, volume 2). . . .

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