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🖖︎ Prayers & Praxes // 🌍︎ Collective Welfare // Sovereign States & Meta-national Organizations // Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies // Page 8 ![]() “The Lord’s Prayer with Variations,” a civic prayer for opening a legislative session by Rabbi Dr. Edward B.M. Browne (1872)![]() A civic prayer for opening a legislative session by Rabbi Edward B.M. Browne first published in The Jewish Independent (Evansville, Indiana) in late 1872. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Abraham de Sola on 9 January 1872![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 9 January 1872. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain before the Virginia House of Delegates: Rabbi A.S. Bettelheim on 26 May 1870![]() The opening prayer offered before the Virginia House of Delegates on 26 May 1870. . . . ![]() The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 May 1870. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Morris J. Raphall on 1 February 1860![]() This is the text of the Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall’s prayer offered before the U.S. House of Representatives as recorded in the Congressional Globe, (part 1, 36th Congress, 1st Session, 1859-1860) pp. 648-649, and reprinted in The Occident and American Jewish Advocate, 18:46 9 Feb 1860, pp. 275-276. . . . ![]() The opening prayer offered by Rabbi Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise, in his role as guest chaplain before the 74th New York State Senate on 24 June 1851, and published under the header, “Albany” in The Asmonean (11 July 1851), on page 5. The prayer is one of the earliest offered by a rabbi before a state legislature in the United States. . . . תפלת ישירים קריאי העדה אנשי שם סנהדרין | Prière des Membres du Sanhédrin | Prayer for Convening the Grand Sanhedrin in Paris on 1 Adar 5567 (9 February 1807)![]() A prayer composed for convening the Grand Sanhedrin established under the court of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807. . . . Prière d’ouverture du le chef du Sanhédrin | Opening prayer of the head of the Grand Sanhedrin, by Rabbi David Sinẓheim (9 February 1807)![]() A prayer offered at the inaugural session of the Grand Sanhedrin (9 February 1807) by Rabbi David Sinzheim, as found in Italian in Raccolta degli atti dell’assemblea degli Israeliti di Francia e del regno d’Italia (1807), p. 21-23, and in French in Collection des Proces-verbaux er decisions du Grand Sanhedrin (1807), p. 23-25. . . .
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The Open Siddur Project is a volunteer-driven, non-profit, non-denominational, non-prescriptive, gratis & libre Open Access archive of contemplative praxes, liturgical readings, and Jewish prayer literature (historic and contemporary, familiar and obscure) composed in every era, region, and language Jews have ever prayed. Our goal is to provide a platform for sharing open-source resources, tools, and content for individuals and communities crafting their own prayerbook (siddur). Through this we hope to empower personal autonomy, preserve customs, and foster creativity in religious culture. If you like what you've found here, please help keep our project alive and online with your financial contribution.
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