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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.

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אֵל שְׁמֹר הַמַּלְכָּה | God Save the Queen, an adaptation of Hyman Hurwitz’s Hebrew translation of “God Save the King” for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Celebration (1887)

“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.

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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

Contributor(s):

Hyman Hurwitz, Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer on the Jubilee of Her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, by Rabbi Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler (21 June 1887)

This prayer by chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire Nathan Marcus Adler is found in an order of service prepared for the celebration of Queen Victoria’s jubilee in 1887.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Empire, Prayers for leaders, Queen Victoria, Queens

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Nathan Marcus Adler and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations

Thanksgiving to the Almighty for the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Empress Victoria, by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar at Gates of Mercy Synagogue, Bombay (20 June 1897)

On 20 June 1897, Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar offered this civic prayer in Hebrew with translations in Marathi and English, on behalf of the congregation of the Gates of Prayer Synagogue (Bombay/Mumbai), for the 50th anniversary of the reign of Queen Victoria over the British Empire.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Bene Israel, British Empire, Jews of India, Marathi translation, Needing Proofreading, Prayers for leaders, Queen Victoria

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar (translation)

Prayer for Sailors and Soldiers on Active Service, by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 1914)

“Prayer for Sailors and Soldiers on Active Service,” was likely written by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz and published at the outset of the Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers [of H.M. Forces] (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1914), p. 5.

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War, 🌐 Armistice Day (November 11th), 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, English vernacular prayer, German Empire, military, Second Reich, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Joseph Herman Hertz, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer on the Declaration of War [against Imperial Germany], by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 1914)

“Prayer Composed by the Chief Rabbi on the Declaration of War. (August 1914.),” by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz, was published in the Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers [of H.M. Forces] (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1914), p. 32.

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War, 🌐 Armistice Day (November 11th), 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, German Empire, military, Second Reich, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Joseph Herman Hertz, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer on the Declaration of War [against Nazi Germany], by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 1940)

This prayer for victory and deliverance in the war against Nazi Germany, simply titled “War Prayer,” appears in the Prayer Book of Jewish Members of H.M. Forces (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1940), pp. 16-17. Sections of the prayer were adapted from the prayer on the declaration of war by Rabbi Hertz in 1914 at the outset of World War I. In the preface to the payer book, Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz specifically mentions this prayer, among others, as having been newly revised for this publication. The initial version of the prayer, likely to have been written by Rabbi Hertz, was published by the Office of the Chief Rabbi for a 17 Tammuz service in July 1938. A revision was disseminated after Kristallnacht (9-10 November 1938). This is the third version of the prayer.

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🌐 Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th), 🇺🇸 Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (28-29 April), War, 🌐 Armistice Day (November 11th), 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., anti-fascist, anti-Nazi, British Jewry, military, Third Reich, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Joseph Herman Hertz, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of Intercession [for Britain in the War against Nazi Germany], by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 1940)

“Prayer for Intercession,” almost certainly written by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz, was published in the Prayer Book of Jewish Members of H.M. Forces (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1940), pp. 18-19.

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🌐 Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th), 🇺🇸 Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (28-29 April), War, 🌐 Armistice Day (November 11th), 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., anti-fascist, anti-Nazi, British Jewry, military, Third Reich, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Joseph Herman Hertz, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תפלה למספד על המלך גארג | Prayer for the Memorial Service of King George Ⅵ (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations, 15 February 1952)

This is the prayer offered at the “Memorial Service on Friday, 15th February, 1952 (Eve of Sabbath, 19th Shebat, 5712) at the New West End Synagogue (London, W. 2) for His Late Majesty King George (VI)” as given by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth (officiated by Dayan Dr. I. Grunfeld and Rabbi Dr. A. Altmann, M.A. [Joint Deputies for the Chief Rabbi], the Rev. Ephraim Levine, M.A., the Rev. R.H. Levy, M.A.). Many thanks to Jeffrey Maynard for providing the page images of the service containing this prayer at his blog, Jewish Miscellanies.

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Mourning, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, elegies, King George Ⅵ, Memorial prayers, Prayers for leaders

Contributor(s):

Isidor Grunfeld, Alexander Altmann, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

A Prayer upon the Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, by Rabbi Alexandra Wright (Liberal Jewish Synagogue, 2022)

“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).

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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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

Contributor(s):

Alexandra Wright

Prayer to Mark the Passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 2022)

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.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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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

Contributor(s):

Ephraim Mirvis and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations

Prayer for the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 2022)

This Prayer for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee was shared by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Ephraim Mirvis, on 25 May 2022, via their website.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Jewry, Prayers for leaders, Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Ephraim Mirvis and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations

תפילה עבור המלך | Prayer for the Monarch at the Coronation of King Charles Ⅲ, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 2023)

The Prayer for the Monarch included in the “Prayers of Thanksgiving and Supplication to Mark the Coronation of their Majesties King Charles Ⅲ and Queen Camilla, Shabbat 6th May, 2023 (15 Iyar, 5783)” as circulated via PDF.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Coronations & Inaugurations

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Jewry, British Monarchy, King Charles Ⅲ, United Kingdom

Contributor(s):

Ephraim Mirvis and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations

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