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This is an archive of prayers, prayer-poems, and songs for Thanksgiving Day in the United States, a civic festival observed on the fourth Thursday of November.

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Closing Prayer for Thanksgiving Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

This closing prayer for Thanksgiving Day was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 327-328 — following at the end of a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day.

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🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, ecumenical prayers, English vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams, Mordecai Kaplan and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Opening Prayer on the Significance of Thanksgiving Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

This opening prayer for Thanksgiving Day, “The Significance of the Day,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 304 — as preface to a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day.

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🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, ecumenical prayers, English vernacular prayer, Problematic prayers

Contributor(s):

Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams, Mordecai Kaplan and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Thanksgiving Day Prayer, by Rabbi Max Klein (1954)

A prayer of gratitude to be recited on Thanksgiving Day (or the Shabbat prior).

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🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, Philadelphia, thanksgiving, United States

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Max D. Klein and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for National Holiday, by Rabbi Morrison David Bial (1962)

“Prayer for National Holiday” by Rabbi Morrison David Bial was first published in his anthology, An Offering of Prayer (1962), p. 71, from where this prayer was transcribed.

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🇺🇸 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), 🇺🇸 George Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February), 🇺🇸 Independence Day (July 4th), 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November), 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., civil rights, English vernacular prayer, United States

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Morrison David Bial and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Teach Us to Be Thankful, by Rabbi Louis M. Epstein (1962)

“Teach Us to Be Thankful” by Rabbi Louis M. Epstein was first published in Rabbi Morrison David Bial’s anthology, An Offering of Prayer (1962), p. 36, from where this prayer was transcribed.

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🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., anti-war, Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, thankfulness

Contributor(s):

Louis M. Epstein and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תפילה ליום הודו על חנוכּה | Prayer for when Thanksgiving Day falls during Ḥanukkah, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org)

A prayer for “Thanksgivukkah,” on the rare year that the two festivals intersect.

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Ḥanukkah, 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, English vernacular prayer, thanksgivukkah, United States

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David Seidenberg and Neohasid·org

A Prayer for Librarians, by Trisha Arlin

“A Prayer for Librarians” by Trisha Arlin was first shared via their website, Trisha Arlin: Words of Prayer and Intention, on 7 December 2024.

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Congregation & Community, 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, Donald Trump, English vernacular prayer, memory, Prayers as poems, יזכור yizkor

Contributor(s):

Trisha Arlin

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Manischewitz matsah box cover art issued in honor of the 1654 Tercentenary arrival of "23 [Jewish] souls big and little to New Amsterdam." (Unknown artist, 1954) -- in the collection of the American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y., American Jewish Tercentenary Celebration Collection, I - 11 : Series IV, Box 7, Folder 5

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו׃ (תהלים צ:יז) · "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)

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