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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Simcha Freedman on 22 October 1985
Contributed on: 17 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 October 1985. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman on 4 June 1985
Contributed on: 22 Nov 2022 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 June 1985. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Max A. Shapiro on 15 April 1985
Contributed on: 14 Apr 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 15 April 1985. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Maynard C. Hyman on 28 March 1985
Contributed on: 27 Mar 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 March 1985. . . .
Invocation by Rabbi Martin Weiner at the Democratic National Convention (1984)
Contributed on: 04 Jan 2021 by ❧
The full text of Rabbi Martin Weiner’s invocation offered on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, July 17th, 1984. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Max B. Wall on 21 June 1984
Contributed on: 15 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 21 June 1984. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Richard M.E. Marcovitz on 14 June 1984
Contributed on: 08 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 June 1984. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Stanley M. Wagner on 2 April 1984
Contributed on: 30 Mar 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 2 April 1984. . . .
תְּפִלָה לְשָׁלוֹם | Prayer for Peace, by Samuel Avital (March 1984)
Contributed on: 16 Aug 2024 by ❧
This Prayer for Peace by Samuel Avital was composed in January 1984 for a gathering of spiritual teachers from all over the world at Mt. Sinai in March 1984. A month later, the State of Israel would return the Sinai to Egyptian sovereignty. While that event was not documented in any media, the prayer was first published in Four Worlds Journal vol. 2 no. 4, (January 1985), pp. 16-17. Of the event itself, Samuel Avital adds, “I performed there some of my mime performances like Jacob & Angel, Black & White and others.” The prayer for peace is included in Samuel Avital’s Passover Haggadah (2021). . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Irving J. Block on 2 June 1983
Contributed on: 25 May 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 2 June 1983. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Efry Spectre on 12 May 1983
Contributed on: 06 May 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 12 May 1983. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Abraham Hecht on 21 April 1983
Contributed on: 21 Apr 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 21 April 1983. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Isaac Neuman on 11 April 1983
Contributed on: 06 Apr 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11 April 1983. . . .
Kavvanah before eating or drinking on Yom Kippur for those who must eat for the safety of their life, as found in Torat ha-Yoledet (Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein 1983)
Contributed on: 29 Sep 2022 by ❧
This is a kavvanah (intention) for anyone in a desperate circumstance of needing to eat or drink for their mortal health, to do so with the full confidence that they are fulfilling a mitsvah required for them in the Torah, to preserve their life. The kavvanah was related by Rav Yitschok Zilberstein in his Toras haYoledes (1983), chapter 52, section 10, p. 357 (pp. 331-332 in the bilingual edition 1989), “הועתק ממחזור עתיק” (as “copied from an old maḥzor”). Unfortunately, we can’t provide a more direct reference to this maḥzor. If you know, please leave a comment or contact us. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Eugene H. Levy on 24 June 1982
Contributed on: 16 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 June 1982. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Sidney S. Guthman on 22 April 1982
Contributed on: 21 Apr 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 21 April 1983. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Seymour L. Essrog on 20 April 1982
Contributed on: 20 Apr 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 April 1982. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Louis M. Tuchman on 30 March 1982
Contributed on: 29 Mar 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 March 1982. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Ely E. Pilchik on 12 May 1981
Contributed on: 06 May 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 12 May 1981. . . .
קִינָה עַל חֻרְבָּן הָאַחֲרוֹן | Lamentation on the Holocaust, by Shimon Zuker (1980)
Contributed on: 26 Apr 2019 by ❧
A ḳinnah composed by a concentration camp survivor. . . .
Earth Pledge, by an Unknown Author (ca. 1980)
Contributed on: 22 Apr 2024 by ❧
The earliest “Earth Pledge” circulated between Earth Day 1970 and 1983. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Bernhard H. Rosenberg on 14 June 1979
Contributed on: 08 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 June 1979. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Laurence A. Kotok on 2 May 1979
Contributed on: 29 Apr 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 2 May 1979 in the event of the 31st anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi David A. Nelson on 27 March 1979
Contributed on: 26 Mar 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 27 March 1979. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Lester M. Miller on 27 March 1979
Contributed on: 26 Mar 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 27 March 1979. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Herbert J. Mandl on 27 July 1978
Contributed on: 19 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 27 July 1978. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Walter Jacob on 15 June 1978
Contributed on: 08 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 15 June 1978. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Albert Plotkin on 17 May 1978
Contributed on: 06 May 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 May 1978. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Moshe E. Bomzer on 18 April 1978
Contributed on: 14 Apr 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 April 1978. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dov Bidnick on 6 April 1978
Contributed on: 05 Apr 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 6 April 1978. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Henry E. Kraus on 4 April 1978
Contributed on: 30 Mar 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 April 1978. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Simcha Freedman on 18 October 1977
Contributed on: 17 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 October 1977. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Israel Goldstein on 14 July 1977
Contributed on: 16 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 July 1977. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Chaim U. Lipschitz on 28 April 1977
Contributed on: 27 Apr 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 April 1977. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Chaim Z. Rozwaski on 8 June 1976
Contributed on: 26 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 8 June 1976. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Israel Schorr on 11 May 1976
Contributed on: 05 May 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11 May 1976. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Naḥum M. Ben-Natan on 25 March 1976
Contributed on: 24 Mar 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 March 1976. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Barry Rosen on 11 September 1975
Contributed on: 16 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11 September 1975. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Barnett Hasden on 5 June 1975
Contributed on: 20 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 June 1975. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Morris M. Shapiro on 8 April 1975
Contributed on: 05 Apr 2024 by ❧
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 on: 22 Apr 2022 by ❧
“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 on: 20 Jan 2020 by ❧
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 on: 17 Jun 2024 by ❧
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 on: 16 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 June 1974. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Kenneth I. Segel on 18 July 1973
Contributed on: 19 Jun 2024 by ❧
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 on: 13 Jun 2024 by ❧
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 on: 12 May 2024 by ❧
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 on: 18 Apr 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 April 1972. . . .
Hashem is Everywhere! — a song by Rabbi Yosef Goldstein (1972)
Contributed on: 29 Dec 2022 by ❧
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 Charles M. Rubel on 4 August 1971
Contributed on: 16 Jun 2024 by ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 4 August 1971. . . .
