Election Day • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

This is an archive of prayers offered for the civic days dedicated for democratic elections in the United States.
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תפילה פרטית לשם הצבעה | Private Prayer for Voting, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (2020)

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Election Day, Elections & Voting

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, United States General Election 2020, United States, voting, democracy

A private prayer for fulfilling your civic duty and voting, whether in a voting booth or by mail. The concluding partial berakhah (without its full preamble, so as to avoid a berakhah levatala) is traditionally stated upon seeing a king of a nation, so in a democratic regime it seems appropriate to adopt for the voters. . . .

A Prayer for Today (US Election Day 2020), by Rabbi Shai Held

Contributor(s):

Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation) and Shai Held

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Election Day, Elections & Voting

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Donald Trump, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 45th President of the United States, United States General Election 2020

A Prayer on US Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd 2020. . . .

תפילה להצבעה | A Prayer for Voting with a Pledge to Help Repair the World, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org 2008/2020)

Contributor(s):

David Seidenberg and neohasid.org

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Election Day, Elections & Voting

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., global warming, eco-conscious, global climate change, United States, ecoḥasid, democratic process, democracy, Donald Trump, תחינות teḥinot

This prayer is broadly speaking a prayer that we learn to work together to create a better future, and it incorporates a pledge to do one thing for healing the world, for tikkun olam, that will make this future a reality. It’s not a prayer about winning or getting other people to see things our way, like some of the others I’ve seen. Whomever we support, we need to pray for strength for the next president, and for the whole country, to face what will be challenging times. . . .

Prayer for Every Voice to be Heard and All Votes to be Counted, by Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann (2020)

Contributor(s):

Lauren Grabelle Herrmann

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Election Day, Elections & Voting

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United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, United States General Election 2020

A prayer for the day after the US day of elections that all votes be counted. . . .

תפילה להצבעה | A Prayer on Voting, by Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson (T’ruah 2016)

Contributor(s):

T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Lev Meirowitz Nelson

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Election Day, Elections & Voting

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democracy, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., United States General Election 2016, civic prayers, United States, voting

On Tuesday, we go to the polls in a momentous election that for many of us has generated a combination of anxiety, excitement, fear, and confusion. We offer you this prayer, which you can recite this Shabbat, before you vote, or while you are waiting for returns. . . .