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Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth
The Office of the Chief Rabbi is the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and is the senior rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations. The present incumbent is Ephraim Mirvis who leads the Office of the Chief Rabbi (OCR).
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Nathan Marcus Adler | Joseph Herman Hertz | Ephraim Mirvis | Unknown Author(s) | Isidor Grunfeld | Alexander Altmann | Michael Adler | Mark Gollop | Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) | Israel Brodie | Jonathan Sacks | the Congressional Record of the United States of America | David ben Yishai (traditional attribution)
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. . . .
