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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. House of Representatives: Rabbi Levi Slonim on 25 July 2024

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 July 2024.

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

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118th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, חבּ״ד ḤaBaD Lubavitch, U.S. House of Representatives

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Levi Slonim and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff on 23 August 2024

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 23 August 2024.

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

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118th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives

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Arnold E. Resnicoff and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff on 22 October 2024

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 October 2024.

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

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118th Congress, 1983 Beirut barracks bombings, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Multinational Force in Lebanon

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Arnold E. Resnicoff

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Pinchus Ciment on 27 March 2025

This prayer by Rabbi Pinchus Ciment was offered while serving as guest chaplain before the 119th Congress, 1st Session of the US House of Representatives on 27 March 2025. The prayer was published in the Congressional Record, v.171, n.56 (Wednesday, March 27, 2025), House, page H1305.

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

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119th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, חבּ״ד ḤaBaD Lubavitch, U.S. House of Representatives

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

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

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman on 10 September 2025

This prayer by Rabbi Dr. Berman was offered while serving as guest chaplain before the 119th Congress, 1st Session of the US Senate on 10 September 2025. The prayer was published in the Congressional Record, v.171, n.148 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025), Senate, page S6511.

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

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119th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, U.S. Senate

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Ari Berman

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Peter Stein on 30 April 2026

This prayer by Rabbi Peter Stein was offered while serving as guest chaplain before the 119th Congress, 2nd Session of the US House of Representatives on 30 April 2026.

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

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119th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Peter Stein

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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