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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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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Max B. Wall on 21 June 1984

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 21 June 1984. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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98th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Max B. Wall, the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi Martin Weiner at the Democratic National Convention (1984)

The full text of Rabbi Martin Weiner’s invocation offered on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, July 17th, 1984. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 1984, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 1984

Contributor(s):

Martin Weiner and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Maynard C. Hyman on 28 March 1985

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 March 1985. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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99th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Maynard C. Hyman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Max A. Shapiro on 15 April 1985

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 15 April 1985. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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99th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Max A. Shapiro, the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman on 4 June 1985

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 June 1985. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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99th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Joshua Oscar Haberman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Simcha Freedman on 22 October 1985

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 October 1985. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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99th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, Soviet Jewry, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Simcha Freedman, the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Haim Asa on 13 November 1985

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 November 1985. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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99th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1985–1991), English vernacular prayer, Geneva Summit (1985), U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Haim Asa, the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Morris H. Margolies on 25 February 1986

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 February 1986. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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99th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Morris Margolies and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Stuart L. Berman on 18 June 1986

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 June 1986. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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99th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Stuart L. Berman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer at the National Civic Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, by Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff on 28 April 1987

This prayer was delivered by the U.S. Navy Chaplain, Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff, at the 1987 National Civic Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance, in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. It was first published in Days of remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust: a Department of Defense guide for commemorative observance (Office of the Secretary of Defence, 1988). . . .

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🇮🇱 Yom haShoah (27 Nisan), 🇺🇸 Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, the Holocaust, השואה the Shoah

Contributor(s):

Arnold E. Resnicoff

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer on 20 April 1988

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 April 1988. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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100th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Page of the United States House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Arnold Mark Belzer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom on 4 May 1988

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 May 1988. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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100th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Seymour Rosenbloom and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt on 25 May 1988

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 May 1988. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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100th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Stuart Weinblatt and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Richard Marcovitz on 17 May 1988

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 17 May 1988. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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100th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Richard Marcovitz and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits on 14 June 1988

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 June 1988. . . .

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🇺🇸 Flag Day (June 14), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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100th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, flags banners and escutcheons, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Laszlo Berkowits and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Benediction by Rabbi Morris Shmidman at the Democratic National Convention (1988)

The full text of Rabbi Morris Shmidman’s benediction offered at the Democratic National Convention, July 20th, 1988. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Benediction, Democratic National Convention 1988, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 1988

Contributor(s):

Morris Shmidman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Jeffrey A. Wohlberg on 29 September 1988

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 September 1988. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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100th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, prayers for astronauts, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, space science, space travel, STS-26, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Jeffrey Wohlberg and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Norman Geller on 11 April 1989

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 April 1989. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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101st Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Norman Geller and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Stephen Pinsky on 13 June 1989

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 13 June 1989. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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101st Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Stephen Pinsky and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Moshe Feller on 14 July 1989

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 14 July 1989. . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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101st Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, חבּ״ד ḤaBaD Lubavitch, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Moshe Feller and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17

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