September 11 National Day of Service & Remembrance • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance in the United States, a civic day on the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. Originally founded by the 9/11 nonprofit MyGoodDeed, the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance later became federally recognized and authorized as a Day of Service passage of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which was adopted on a bipartisan basis by the U.S. Congress in 2009. Later that year, President Barack Obama amended the Patriot Day Presidential Proclamation, first established by President George W. Bush, officially designating September 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff on 10 September 2021

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Arnold E. Resnicoff

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 September 2021. . . .

תפילה ל-11 בספטמבר | Memorial Prayer for those whose lives were lost on 11 September 2001, by Rabbi Gilah Langner (2011)

Contributor(s):

Gilah Langner

A prayer on the anniversary of the attacks on 11 September 2001. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Carole Meyers on 8 November 2001

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Carole L. Meyers

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 8 November 2001 (after 9/11). . . .

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17