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This is an archive of prayers offered in an election season in democratic polities around the world. It includes prayers offered at political party conventions and prayers for voting up until and including election day internationally.

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Invocation by Rabbi Samuel Sale at the Republican National Convention (16 June 1896)

The invocation offered at the opening of the Republican National Convention in St. Louis in 1896. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., economic distress, Panic of 1896, Republican National Convention 1896, Republican National Conventions

Contributor(s): Samuel Sale and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi Harry H. Mayer at the Democratic National Convention (6 July 1900)

The invocation offered at the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Kansas City in 1900. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 1900, Democratic National Conventions

Contributor(s): Harry H. Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi Martin Weiner at the Democratic National Convention (1984)

The full text of Rabbi Martin Weiner’s invocation offered on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, July 17th, 1984. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 1984, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 1984

Contributor(s): Martin Weiner and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Benediction by Rabbi Morris Shmidman at the Democratic National Convention (1988)

The full text of Rabbi Morris Shmidman’s benediction offered at the Democratic National Convention, July 20th, 1988. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Benediction, Democratic National Convention 1988, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 1988

Contributor(s): Morris Shmidman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi Jacob Goldstein at the Democratic National Convention (1992)

The full text of Rabbi Jacob Goldstein’s prayer offered at the Democratic National Convention, July 14th, 1992. . . .

Categories: Government & Country, 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 1992, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 1992

Contributor(s): Jacob Goldstein and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Benediction by Rabbi Moshe Faskowitz at the Democratic National Convention (1996)

The full text of Rabbi Moshe Faskowitz’s invocation offered at the Democratic National Convention, August 27th, 1996. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Benediction, Democratic National Convention 1996, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 1996

Contributor(s): Moshe Faskowitz and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi Irving Greenberg at the Democratic National Convention (2000)

The full text of Rabbi Irving Greenberg’s invocation offered on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, August 16th, 2000. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 2000, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 2000

Contributor(s): Irving Greenberg and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi Ronne Friedman at the Democratic National Convention (2004)

The full text of Rabbi Ronne Friedman’s invocation offered on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, July 29th, 2004. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 2004, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 2004

Contributor(s): Ronne Friedman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi David Saperstein at the Democratic National Convention (2008)

The full text of Rabbi David Saperstein’s invocation offered on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, August 8th, 2008. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 2008, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 2008

Contributor(s): David Saperstein and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Benediction by Rabbi David Wolpe at the Democratic National Convention (2012)

The full text of Rabbi David Wolpe’s benediction offered at the end of the second day of the Democratic National Convention, September 6th, 2012. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Benediction, Democratic National Convention 2012, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 2012

Contributor(s): David J. Wolpe and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תפילה (ישראלית) לפני הכניסה לקלפי (למאמין וללא מאמין)‏ | Prayer before entering the voting booth in Israel (for believers and non-believers)

May it be the will [before the Lord our God and the God of our ancestors] that this ticket which I am placing in my ballot will join thousands of other tickets that will promise reasoned leadership that will strengthen democratic values, aspire towards peace with our neighbors, separate religion and state, be concerned with the weak and protect the laborers, fight corruption and exercise leadership through personal role modeling. May it be the will [before the Lord our God and the God of our ancestors] that the nation sitting in Zion will merit years of freedom, quiet, productivity, education and good health and that our children may never fear at all. . . .

Categories: 🇮🇱 Yom haB'ḥirut, Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., democratic process, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Needing Vocalization, Parliamentary Election

Contributor(s): Jonah Rank (translation) and חיים היימס-עזרא

תפילה לבוחר טרם הבחירות | A Prayer for Voters Before the Israeli Election, by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried

A prayer for voting on election day in the State of Israel. . . .

Categories: 🇮🇱 Yom haB'ḥirut, Elections & Voting

Tags: 2013 Israeli legislative election, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Beit Tefillah Yisraeli, democratic process, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Needing Proofreading, Parliamentary Election

Contributor(s): Esteban Gottfried, Josh Soref (translation) and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

כוונה ליום הבחירות | Kavvanah for Israeli Election Day, by Rabbi Noa Mazor

כוונה ליום הבחירות יכולה להיאמר בכל שלב של יום הבחירות עצמו. בעיניי היא מתאימה בעיקר כחלק מתפילת שחרית של אותו היום או רגע לפני הכניסה אל מאחורי הפרגוד. נכתב על ידי נועה מזור, סטודנטית לרבנות, והרבה המלווה של נוער תל״ם. . . .

Categories: 🇮🇱 Yom haB'ḥirut, Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., democratic process, כוונות kavvanot, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Needing Vocalization, Parliamentary Election

Contributor(s): Noa Mazor and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

הכרזת יום הבחירות | Declaration for Israeli Election Day, by Rabbi Oded Mazor

ההכרזה על יום הבחירות בנויה על נוסח ברכת החודש, ומיועדת להיאמר בשחרית של שבת לפני הבחירות. קהילות שאינן נוהגות להתפלל בשחרית מוזמנות להשתמש בתפילה בתפילת קבלת שבת של אותה השבת. נכתב על ידי הרב עודד מזור.‏ . . .

Categories: 🇮🇱 Yom haB'ḥirut, Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., democratic process, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Needing Vocalization, Parliamentary Election

Contributor(s): Oded Mazor

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

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

Categories: After the Aliyot, 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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

Contributor(s): David Zvi Kalman

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

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. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), Elections & Voting

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

Contributor(s): T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Lev Meirowitz Nelson

Benediction by Rabbi Julie Schonfeld at the Democratic National Convention (2016)

The full text of Rabbi Julie Schonfeld’s benediction offered at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention, July 25th, 2016. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Benediction, Democratic National Convention 2016, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 2016

Contributor(s): Julie Schonfeld

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

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

Categories: 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), Elections & Voting

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

Contributor(s): Lauren Grabelle Herrmann

תפילה להצבעה | A Prayer for Voting with a Pledge to Help Repair the World, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (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. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), Elections & Voting

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

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and Neohasid [dot] org

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

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

Categories: 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), Elections & Voting

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

Contributor(s): Shai Held and Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)

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

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. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), Elections & Voting

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

Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

תפילה על האיחוי והרעות | A Prayer for Brotherhood, Unity, and Friendship on Israeli Election Day (2020)

Based on the Prayer For Freedom from Strife and the Prayer that One Be a Lover and a Pursuer of Peace taken from the Liqutei Tefilot of Reb Nosson of Nemirov. Edited and reworked by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum. English Translation: Rabbi Martin S. Cohen. . . .

Categories: Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, 🇮🇱 Yom haB'ḥirut, Elections & Voting

Tags: 2020 Israeli legislative election, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, difference disagreement and deviance, disagreement, tolerance of difference, ישראל Yisrael

Contributor(s): Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Martin Samuel Cohen and Masorti Movement in Israel

Benediction by Rabbi Lauren Berkun at the Democratic National Convention (2020)

The full text of Rabbi Lauren Berkun’s benediction offered at the end of the third day of the Democratic National Convention, 20 August 2020. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Benediction, Democratic National Convention 2020, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 2020

Contributor(s): Lauren Berkun

תפילת הבוחר בבחירות תשפ״ג

A prayer for voting in the 2022 Israeli legislative election. . . .

Categories: 🇮🇱 Yom haB'ḥirut, Elections & Voting

Tags: 2022 Israeli legislative election, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

Contributor(s): Yael Levine

Prayer while awaiting election returns, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor (2022)

This untitled prayer for US Election Day was written by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and shared through the Open Siddur Project Facebook Discussion Group on 8 November 2022. . . .

Categories: Elections & Voting

Tags: 2022 United States elections, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., United States

Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor

Invocation by Rabbi Sharon Brous at the Democratic National Convention (2024)

The invocation offered by Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR (Los Angeles, California) on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, Tuesday, 20 August 2024. Her invocation was offered together with that of Imam Dr. Talib M. Shareef of The Nation’s Mosque (Washington, DC). . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 2024, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 2024

Contributor(s): Sharon Brous

🆕 הוֹשַֽׁעְנָא ליום הבחירות | Hosha-na for Election Day, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

A plea for the manifestation of righteous civic virtues on Election Day in the shadow of Hoshana Rabba. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, democracy, הושענות hoshanot, United States General Election 2024, voting

Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

🆕 Prayer for Election Day, by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami

Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami shared this prayer for US Election Day via their Facebook page on 5 November 2024. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), Elections & Voting

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., United States General Election 2024, voting

Contributor(s): Lior Bar-Ami

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