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. Click here to contribute a prayer you have written for the United States. Filter resources by Collaborator Name Filter resources by Tag Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range
Resources filtered by TAG: “Prayers of Guest Chaplains” (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. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 May 1870. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): 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) . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 9 January 1872. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 27 April 1888. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 February 1899. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): 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 . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 16 January 1905. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 February 1905. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 July 1912. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 January 1917. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 January 1917. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 December 1917. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 February 1925, an elegy for Rep. Julius Kahn (1861-1924). . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): |
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