Prayer for the People of Ukraine, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth, 2022)
Contributed by: Ephraim Mirvis, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
“Prayer for the People of Ukraine” was written by the chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, Ephraim Mirvis, and shared via the Twitter account of the Office of the Chief Rabbi. . . .
Prayer Amid the Pandemic, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth 2020)
Contributed by: Ephraim Mirvis, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth
A prayer from the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom amidst the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. . . .
Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks on 2 November 2011
Contributed by: the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Jonathan Sacks, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 2 November 2011. . . .
Prayer for Peace in Israel, by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth, 2003)
Contributed by: Jonathan Sacks, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
According to the Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust (RSLT), “A Prayer for Peace in Israel” was composed by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks following terror attacks in Israel in 2003 (i.e., during the Second Intifada). The text of the prayer appearing here was shared by the RSLT via their Facebook page in the context of the 2022 Tel Aviv Shooting. . . .
Prayer Before a Battle (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire 1940)
Contributed by: Joseph Herman Hertz, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
“Prayer Before a Battle” appears at the start of Prayer Book of Jewish Members of H.M. Forces (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1940), p. 5. . . .
Prayer for Military Personnel on Active Service (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire 1940)
Contributed by: Joseph Herman Hertz, Mark Gollop, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
“Prayer for Men on Active Service” is the opening prayer in the Prayer Book of Jewish Members of H.M. Forces (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1940), p. 4. . . .
Prayer for Sailors and Soldiers on Active Service, by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire 1914)
Contributed by: Joseph Herman Hertz, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
“Prayer for Sailors and Soldiers on Active Service,” was likely written by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz and published at the outset of the Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers [of H.M. Forces] (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1914), p. 5. . . .
Prayer at the Consecration of the Central Synagogue by chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler (7 April 1870)
Contributed by: Nathan Marcus Adler, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The prayer at the consecration of the Central Synagogue (in London) offered by the chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, Nathan Marcus Adler, on 7 April 1870. The prayer was reprinted in “A Sermon By the Chief Rabbi,” The Israelite, vol. 117 part 14 (29 April 1870), page 9. . . .
Prayer for the cessation of a cattle plague and for protection from cholera, by Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler (1865)
Contributed by: Nathan Marcus Adler, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
This is a prayer for cattle afflicted by an epizootic contagion (in this case, Rinderpest, a/k/a cattle plague), and for the protection of human beings from cholera, prescribed by the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain, Nathan Marcus Adler, and published in The Hebrew Leader (24 November 1865), p. 1. . . .