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Inauguration Day Prayer for the Government of the United States, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org 2021)

Contributor(s):	David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th)
Tags:	כוונות kavvanot, American Jewry of the United States, 46th President of the United States, 59th Presidential Inauguration, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, United States, 117th Congress, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
	A prayer for the government of the United States of America on the day of the 59th Presidential Inauguration. . . .

Prayer on Inauguration, by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (the Shalom Center, 2021)

Contributor(s):	Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th)
Tags:	English vernacular prayer, American Jewry of the United States, 59th Presidential Inauguration, United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
	A prayer on being present in the moment of the inauguration of the 59th president of the United States. . . .

Inauguration Day Prayer for Donald Trump, by Rabbi Marvin Hier (2017)

Contributor(s):	United States Congressional Record and Marvin Hier
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th), Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags:	English vernacular prayer, 45th President of the United States, United States, Donald Trump, Shtadlanut, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Psalms 15
	Rabbi Marvin Hier offered this prayer of blessing for Donald Trump and the United States of America on January 20, 2017 at the inauguration day ceremony. . . .

Inauguration Day Prayer for President Ronald Reagan, by Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk (1985)

Contributor(s):	Alfred Gottschalk and United States Congressional Record
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th), Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags:	democratic process, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 20th century C.E., United States
	This prayer by Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk at the second inauguration of President Ronald Reagan was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record on January 21, 1985. . . .

Inauguration Day Prayer for President Richard M. Nixon, by Rabbi Seymour Siegel (1973)

Contributor(s):	Seymour Siegel and United States Congressional Record
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th), Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags:	20th century C.E., United States, democratic process, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer
	This prayer by Rabbi Seymour Siegel at the second inauguration of President Richard M. Nixon was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record on January 20, 1973. . . .

Inauguration Day Prayer for President Richard M. Nixon by Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin (1969)

Contributor(s):	United States Congressional Record and Edgar Magnin
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th), Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags:	20th century C.E., United States, democratic process, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, pink streaks of light
	This prayer by Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record on January 20, 1969. . . .

Inauguration Day Prayer for President Lyndon B. Johnson, by Rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel (1965)

Contributor(s):	Hyman Judah Schachtel and United States Congressional Record
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th), Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags:	20th century C.E., United States, democratic process, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer
	This prayer by Rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel, Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Texas), was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record on January 20, 1965. . . .

Inauguration Day Benediction for President John F. Kennedy by Rabbi Dr. Nelson Glueck (1961)

Contributor(s):	Nelson Glueck and United States Congressional Record
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th), Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags:	58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 20th century C.E., United States, democratic process
	This benediction for President John F. Kennedy by Rabbi Dr. Nelson Glueck, was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record on January 20, 1961. . . .

Inauguration Day Prayer for President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Rabbi Dr. Louis Finkelstein (1957)

Contributor(s):	United States Congressional Record and Louis Finkelstein
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th), Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags:	20th century C.E., United States, democratic process, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer
	This prayer at the second inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Rabbi Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chancellor, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record for January 20, 1957. . . .

Inauguration Day Prayer for President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (1953)

Contributor(s):	Abba Hillel Silver and United States Congressional Record
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th), Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags:	20th century C.E., United States, democratic process, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer
	This prayer by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, of Cleveland, Ohio, was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record for January 20, 1953. . . .

Inauguration Day Prayer for President Harry S. Truman, by Rabbi Samuel Thurman (1949)

Contributor(s):	Samuel Thurman and United States Congressional Record
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th), Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags:	58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 20th century C.E., United States, democratic process
	This prayer by Rabbi Samuel Thurman, of the United Hebrew Temple (St. Louis, Missouri), was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record for January 20, 1949. . . .

Prayer for the Centennial of the Inauguration of George Washington, by Rabbi Yaakov Yosef (1889)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Yaakov Yosef and Judah David Eisenstein (translation)
Categories:	Inauguration Day (January 20th), Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February), United States of America
Tags:	George Washington, American Jewry of the United States, Prayers for leaders, 19th century C.E., Benjamin Harrison, United States, Presidents Day, 57th century A.M., New York City, Needing Vocalization
	The proclamation and prayer of chief rabbi Yaakov Yosef, on the centennial of President George Washington’s Inauguration . . .

Prayer for the Government in honor of George Washington, First President of the United States of America by Ḳ.Ḳ. Beit Shalome (1789)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Abe Katz (translation) and Ḳ.Ḳ. Beit Shalome
Categories:	Government & Country, Inauguration Day (January 20th), Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February), United States of America
Tags:	Presidents Day, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Western Sepharadim, George Washington, American Jewry of the United States, Prayers for leaders, United States, acrostic
	The following prayer for the government was composed by Congregation Beth Shalome in Richmond, Virginia in 1789. Please note the acrostic portion of the prayer in which the initial letters of the succeeding lines form the name: Washington. . . .

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