This is an archive of unique and representative prayers offered for the welfare of one’s government and country in the Jewish Diaspora. (For specific historical versions of the prayer “Hanoten Teshuah” not appearing in this category, look under the category for the country in which it was offered.) Click here to contribute a prayer you have written, or a translation of an existing prayer. Filter resources by Collaborator Name Filter resources by Tag Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range
This prayer by Rabbi Arnold Kiss for the kingdom of Hungary in a time of national crisis, “Országos bánat, közös baj idején,” was first published in his anthology of prayers for Jewish women, Mirjam (1897) on p.289-291. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
Modeled after the prayer Hanoten T’shuah, this patriotic paraliturgical prayer for the Kingdom of Hungary by Rabbi Gyula Fischer was published in the prayerbook for Jewish women, Rachel: imák zsidó nők számára (1908). . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A paraliturgical prayer for the government presented opposite Hanoten T’shuah in Rabbi Simon Hevesi’s siddur Ateret Shalom v’Emet (1911). . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A prayer for the government offered by a first generation immigrant to the United States. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A prayer for the government of President William Howard Taft and Vice-President James Sherman offered by a first generation immigrant to the United States. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A prayer on behalf of the government of the United States of America by one of the leading architects of Modern Orthodoxy in America. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A prayer on behalf of the government of the United States of America by one of the leading architects of Modern Orthodoxy in America. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
The prayer for the government familiar to all Conservative movement congregations, as written by Rabbi Dr. Louis Ginzberg with an English translation by Rabbi Tim Bernard. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
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This prayer for the country is found in the Siddur Sephat Emeth, which was published by the venerable Rödelheim publishing house in Frankfurt in 1938. This was probably the last siddur ever published in pre-Holocaust Germany. This prayer is full of pathos and yearning, and in a time of rising government-sponsored antisemitism worldwide it’s worth keeping in mind. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
The Prayer for the Welfare of the State of Israel was composed by Rabbi Yitsḥak haLevi Hertzog, edited by S.Y. Agnon, and first published in the newspaper Ha-Tsofeh on 20 September 1948. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
The prayer for peace and prayer for the government of the Choral Synagogue in Moscow in 1956. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
The blessing for Tsar Nicholas II as given in the lines of the musical, Fiddler on the Roof. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
The full text of Rabbi Jacob Goldstein’s prayer offered at the Democratic National Convention, July 14th, 1992. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A prayer on behalf of Canada: its government, its leaders, and its people. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A prayer for the government and of good governance in the United States of America. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A prayer for the great aspirations of the country of the United States of America. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
The familiar prayer for the State of Israel, which is more literally titled “a Prayer for Peace for the State” tefilah lish’lom hamedinah, was written in 1948 by Rabbi Yitsḥak haLevi Hertzog (edited by S.Y. Agnon) in what had up until then been Palestine, in a time of war. The state was under direct attack by the Arab armies, and there was little distinction between peace, survival, and victory. As we approach Israel’s 70th birthday, it is time to make such distinctions. Israel and the Jewish people live in a much more complex reality today, where the triumph of one political party or set of goals can radically change the outlook for peace, and the possibility of justice. In our time, praying for peace for the state of Israel mist include praying for the rectification of its relationships with neighboring countries and with the Palestinian people, some of whom are Israeli citizens, and most of whom are in some way under Israel’s control. This prayer assumes that the best reality for the Jewish state is also the best reality for all of her citizens and for everyone who lives “in the land,” no matter where they are in relation to the Green Line or Areas A, B and C. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A prayer for a government when that government is causing pain through malicious policies. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A prayer for collective and communal well-being with an emphasis on dismantling systems of oppression and repairing their harms. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
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