This is an archive of prayers offered for the welfare of the democratic constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the well-being of its multicultural, post-colonial civil society. Click here to contribute a prayer you have written for the United Kingdom. Filter resources by Collaborator Name Filter resources by Tag Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range
Rabbi Jacob Judah Leon’s Prayer for King Charles II, from his 1675 booklet, was the first Jewish prayer in English for an English king (Mocatta Library, University College London). . . .
The prayer, haNoten Teshu’a, as adapted for King George III in 1810. . . .
The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for Queen Victoria. . . .
“God Save the Queen” is an adaptation of “God Save the King,” a work by an unknown author, first circulated in three stanzas during the reign of Britain’s King George Ⅱ, circa 1745. This Hebrew translation was published in a pamphlet circulated by New Road (Whitechapel) Synagogue in 1892 “on the 73rd Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Victoria,” an event attended by then chief rabbi of the British Empire, Rabbi Dr. Hermann Adler. . . .
Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, אל שמר El Shemor, Great Britain, national anthems, Needing Attribution, Queen Victoria, Queens
The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for Edward VII. . . .
The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for King George V. . . .
The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for King George VI. . . .
Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Empire, British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, Great Britain, הנותן תשועה haNotén Teshuah, King George Ⅵ, World War Ⅱ
The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for Queen Elizabeth II. . . .
In 2014, the formula of “haNoten Teshua” suggested by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK and the Commonwealth, was amended by the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, to include a short passage in recognition of the United Kingdom’s armed forces. . . .
This “Prayer in honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday,” was first delivered by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis for the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth on Shabbat 11th June 2016, and shared via their website in English. Side-by-side with the English we have set the Hebrew text from the formula of the traditional prayer “haNoten Teshua” as used by the Office of the Chief Rabbi as amended in 2014. . . .
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, Great Britain, הנותן תשועה haNotén Teshuah, Prayers for leaders, Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, Queens
This is “A Prayer to mark the passing of Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth” offered by Rabbi Mirvis, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth after her death on 8 September 2022. The text was transcribed from a PDF disseminated from the website of the Office of the Chief Rabbi. . . .
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, Death of Elizabeth Ⅱ, Great Britain, Operation London Bridge, Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, Queens
“A Prayer upon the Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second” was written by Rabbi Alexandra Wright, Senior Rabbi of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue (St John’s Wood), and President of Liberal Judaism in the UK. The prayer was shared through the Open Siddur Project via our Facebook discussion group on 8 September 2022, by Rabbi Lea Mühlstein, Senior Rabbi of the Ark Synagogue (NPLS). . . .
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, Death of Elizabeth Ⅱ, English vernacular prayer, Great Britain, Operation London Bridge, Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, Queens
This is the formula of the prayer for the government established by chief rabbi Joseph H. Hertz as introduced in 1935 for King George IV at the Royal Jubilee Service and included in his revised Authorised Prayer Book, vol. II (1942/3), p. 506-507. In 2014, this formula was amended by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK and the Commonwealth, to include a short passage in recognition of the United Kingdom’s armed forces. . . .
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