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Resources filtered by CATEGORY: “Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies” (clear filter)An opening prayer offered by the guest chaplain before the Virginia House of Delegates (1849-1850 legislative session) in the week of January 15-18, 1850, and published in The Richmond Enquirer (25 January 1850), p. 1. . . . 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. . . . This is one of three opening prayers offered by the guest chaplain, Rabbi Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise, before the Legislature of the State of New York, in the State Assembly (on Tuesday, the 13th of January or Thursday the 15th of January 1852), and in the State Senate (on Monday the 12th, Wednesday the 14th, or Friday the 16th). The prayer was published in The Asmonean (30 January 1852), in a letter dated 20 January from a correspondent identified only under the pseudonym “Bassist.” This prayer is one of two prayers offered in the letter. . . . This is one of three opening prayers offered by the guest chaplain, Rabbi Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise, before the Legislature of the State of New York, in the State Assembly (on Tuesday, the 13th of January or Thursday the 15th of January 1852), and in the State Senate (on Monday the 12th, Wednesday the 14th, or Friday the 16th). The prayer was published in The Asmonean (30 January 1852), in a letter dated 20 January from a correspondent identified only under the pseudonym “Bassist.” This prayer is one of two prayers offered in the letter. . . . This is one of three opening prayers offered by the guest chaplain, Rabbi Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise, for the week commencing 11 April 1853. The prayer was published in “The Israelite Chaplain in the N.Y. Legislature,” The Asmonean (15 April 1853), p. 5. It is the only prayer we have from this week that he officiated in 1853. . . . 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 given in the U.S. Senate on 20 May 1870. . . . The opening prayer offered before the Virginia House of Delegates on 26 May 1870. . . . A civic prayer for opening the Wisconsin State Senate session by Rabbi Edward B.M. Browne in 1871 (repurposed for the US Senate 27 May 1884) . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 9 January 1872. . . . This prayer of Rabbi Isidor Kalisch was offered on 15 January 1873 before the Tennessee State Senate, and published in the Republican Banner (16 January 1863), page 4. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 27 April 1888. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 February 1899. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 2 February 1904, the first prayer of a rabbinic guest chaplain recorded in the Congressional Record . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 16 January 1905. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 February 1905. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 July 1912. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 January 1917. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 January 1917. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 December 1917. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 February 1925, an elegy for Rep. Julius Kahn (1861-1924). . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 May 1929. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 January 1930. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 March 1935. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 March 1935. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 April 1942. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 May 1942. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 5 June 1944 on the eve of D-Day in World War Ⅱ. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 26 February 1945. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 6 June 1945. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 April 1946. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 January 1947. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on Lincoln’s Birthday, 12 February 1948. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 April 1948. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 March 1950. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 April 1951. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 February 1951. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 February 1953. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 July 1953. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 June 1954. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 18 April 1955. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 June 1955. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 July 1955. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 May 1956. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 February 1957. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 May 1957. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 July 1957. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 January 1958. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 21 April 1958. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 23 April 1958 on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. . . . |
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