Election Day • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט 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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For prayers offered for election day in the State of Israel, please visit here.
For prayers offered for the well-being of one’s congregation and community, visit here.
For prayers offered on Inauguration Day in the United States, please visit here.
For prayers composed for the wellbeing of the United States of America, go here.
For opening prayers offered before legislative bodies, go here.
For prayers composed for social justice, peace, and liberty, go here.

תפילה ליום הבחירות מאת הרבה | A Prayer for Municipal Election Day [in the State of Israel], by Rabbi Noa Mazor

Contributor(s):

Noa Mazor and Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)

This prayer for election day in the State of Israel (27 February 2024) was written and shared by Rabbi Noa Mazor, and shared in Hebrew and English via her Facebook page. . . .

תפילה פרטית לשם הצבעה | Private Prayer for Voting, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (2020)

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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):

Shai Held and Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)

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

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

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

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. . . .

תפילה למצביעי המדינה | Prayer for the Electorate, by David Zvi Kalman (2016)

Contributor(s):

David Zvi Kalman

A prayer for the electorate to be recited together with the Prayer for Government on the Shabbat before an election (federal, state, or local). . . .

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