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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Sidney S. Tedesche on 26 March 1935

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 March 1935.

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

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74th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Sidney Tedesche, 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 Edward Sandrow on 3 February 1936

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the second month of the second session of the 74th US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 80 part 2 (3 February 1936), pp. 1363-1364.

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

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74th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., anti-fascist, anti-Nazi, English vernacular prayer, Great Depression in the United States, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, the Holocaust, World War Ⅱ

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Edward T. Sandrow and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Alfred G. Moses on 16 June 1939

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the sixth month of the first session of the 76th US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 84 part 7 (16 June 1939), p. 7280.

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

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., 76th Congress, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Alfred Geiger Moses and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Isaac Landman on 23 October 1939

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the second month of the second session of the 76th US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 85 part 1 (23 October 1939), p. 755.

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

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., 76th Congress, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

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

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Louis Wolsey on 8 February 1940

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

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., 76th Congress, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

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

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Julius Mark on 1 December 1941

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the twelfth month of the first session of the 77th US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 87 part 9 (1 December 1941), pp. 9252-9253.

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

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77th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

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

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Israel Goldstein on 21 April 1942

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 April 1942.

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🇮🇱 Yom haShoah (27 Nisan), 🇺🇸 Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (28-29 April), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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77th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Israel Goldstein, 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 Bernard Bergman on 26 May 1942

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 May 1942.

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

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77th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Bernard Bergman, 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 Dr. Raphael Ḥai Melamed on 11 May 1943

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fifth month of the first session of the 78th US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 89 part 3 (11 May 1943), p. 4196.

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

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78th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, the Holocaust, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Raphael Ḥai Melamed and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Max Raisin on 30 January 1947

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 January 1947.

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

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80th 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):

Max Raisin and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck on 12 February 1948

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on Lincoln’s Birthday, 12 February 1948.

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🇺🇸 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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80th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Abraham Lincoln, Containment, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers for leaders, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

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Leo Baeck and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Nachum David Herman on 7 March 1950

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 March 1950.

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

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81st Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., anti-communist, Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

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Nochum Dovid Herman and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Wolf Gunther Plaut on 6 December 1950

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the twelfth month of the second session of the 81st US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 96 part 12 (6 December 1950), p. 16206.

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

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81st Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, United States in the Korean War

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Wolf Gunther Plaut and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arthur T. Buch on 25 April 1951

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 April 1951.

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

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82nd Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, United States in the Korean War

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Arthur T. Buch, 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 Harry J. Kaufman on 13 February 1951

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 February 1951.

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

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82nd Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Containment, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, United States in the Korean War

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Harry J. Kaufman and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Samuel D. Soskin on 1 March 1951

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the third month of the first session of the 82nd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 97 part 2 (1 March 1951), p. 1741.

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

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82nd Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1947–1953), Cold War espionage, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, Soviet espionage in the United States, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Samuel D. Soskin and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Karl Applbaum on 30 April 1952

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fourth month of the second session of the 82nd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 98 part 4 (30 April 1952), p. 4574.

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🇮🇱 Yom ha-Atsma'ut (5 Iyyar), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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82nd Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

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

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Abraham Shusterman on 3 February 1953

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 February 1953.

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

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83rd 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):

Abraham Shusterman and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Amos M. Bunim on 1 June 1954

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 June 1954.

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

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83rd 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):

Amos Bunim, 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 Selig S. Auerbach on 20 July 1955

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 July 1955.

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

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84th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1953–1962), English vernacular prayer, Geneva Summit (1955), U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

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Selig Sigmund Auerbach, the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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