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This is an archive of prayers offered for the success of the democratically elected government of the United States of America and the well-being of its multicultural civil society.

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תפלה בעד שלום המדינה | Prayer for the Welfare of the Government and Country of the United States of America, by Avraham Hyman Charlap (1912)

A prayer for the government offered by a first generation immigrant to the United States.

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., civic prayers, democratic process, United States

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Alan S. Belsky (translation) and Abraham Hyman Charlap

תפלה בעד שלום המדינה | Prayer for the Government of William Howard Taft, by Avraham Hyman Charlap (1912)

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.

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Government & Country, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., civic prayers, democratic process, United States, William Howard Taft

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Abraham Hyman Charlap and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תפילה למצביעי המדינה | Prayer for the Electorate, by David Zvi Kalman (2016)

A prayer for the electorate to be recited together with the Prayer for Government on the Shabbat before an election (federal, state, or local).

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After the Aliyot, 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, democracy, Philadelphia, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 2016, voting

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David Zvi Kalman

A Prayer for Our Country, its Leaders, and its Citizens — by David Abernethy (2020)

A prayer for the United States, its leaders and government and its citizens — a personal response to things that were troubling me in the months before November’s election – in particular the level of divisiveness in our country, and what seemed to me to be a growing sense that it isn’t important to respect people we disagree with, and an ever more prevalent belief that we are entitled to decide for ourselves which rules to follow, and all that matters are own rights and our beliefs, not our responsibilities to one another. Inspired by the events of 2020

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🇺🇸 United States of America

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2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, civic responsibility, democracy, Donald Trump, English vernacular prayer, pluralism, United States, United States General Election 2020

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David Abernethy

A Prayer for Our Country Before Election Day, by David Abernethy (2024)

A civic prayer for the United States of America in anticipation of Election Day 2024.

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🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), 🇺🇸 United States of America

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, civic responsibility, democracy, English vernacular prayer, pluralism, United States General Election 2024, voting

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David Abernethy

A Prayer for Our Country, Its Leaders and Its Citizens – reconsidered in 2025, by David Abernethy

A prayer for America, its government and leaders, and its citizens, which I first posted in 2020, and reconsidered now in 2025, to speak to the challenges our country and public life today.

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🇺🇸 United States of America

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119th Congress, 21st century C.E., 47th President of the United States, 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, civic responsibility, democracy, English vernacular prayer, pluralism

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David Abernethy

Invocation for the 78th Annual Reading of President George Washington’s letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, by Rabbi Stephen Belsky

This invocation was given at the 78th annual George Washington Letter Reading Event, August 17, 2025 (23 Av, 5785), held by the Touro Synagogue Foundation to celebrate the famous 1790 letter exchange between the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island (represented by warden Moses Seixas) and first president of the United States, George Washington. Washington’s response to Seixas’s letter, in which he quotes some of his most iconic phrasings, is one of the first official statements by the US government on the value of religious freedom. This Letter Reading Event was held in the Old Colony House (where the Jewish community’s letter was probably presented to President Washington), rather than in the Touro Synagogue, due to Congregation Shearith Israel in New York’s barring of the Touro Synagogue Foundation from access to the building.

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Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, English vernacular prayer, George Washington, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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Stephen Belsky

A Prayer for Our Country During a Time of Division – 5786, by David Abernethy

“A Prayer for Our Country During a Time of Division – 5786” was offered by David Abernethy on 1 March 2026.

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🇺🇸 United States of America

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, civic responsibility, democracy, Donald Trump, English vernacular prayer, pluralism, United States, United States midterm election 2026

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David Abernethy

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