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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 Arnold Resnicoff on 10 September 2021

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 September 2021. . . .

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🇺🇸 September 11th Day of Service & Remembrance, 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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117th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, September 11 attacks, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

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

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Moshe Feller on 11 January 2022

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 January 2022. . . .

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

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117th Congress, 21st 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 and Moshe Feller

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Hannah Spiro on 11 March 2022

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11 March 2022. . . .

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

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117th Congress, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, pre-Purim, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Hannah Spiro

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Mendy Greenberg on 31 March 2022

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 31 March 2022. . . .

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

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117th Congress, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 21st 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 and Mendy Greenberg

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff on 9 August 2022

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 9 August 2022. . . .

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

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117th Congress, 21st 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 and Arnold E. Resnicoff

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the Georgia State House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Miriam Udel on 2 February 2023

The invocation for the 11th day of the 157th session of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in the United States. . . .

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

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, Btselem Elohim, State of Georgia

Contributor(s):

Miriam Udel, State of Georgia House of Representatives and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Peter S. Berg on 12 December 2023

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 12 December 2023 . . .

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Ḥanukkah, 🇺🇸 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. Senate

Contributor(s):

Peter S. Berg and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Mendy Deitsch on 25 January 2024

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 25 January 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. Senate

Contributor(s):

Mendy Deitsch and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

A Prayer for the United States of America in the Aftermath of an Act of Violence (14 July 2024)

A prayer for the United States of America in the wake of the terrible events in Butler, Pennsylvania on 13 July 2024. . . .

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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., Attempted assassination of Donald Trump, English vernacular prayer, Prayers after an attempted assassination, United States General Election 2024

Contributor(s):

David Abernethy

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

Contributor(s):

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

Invocation by Rabbi Sharon Brous at the Democratic National Convention (2024)

The invocation offered by Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR (Los Angeles, California) on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, Tuesday, 20 August 2024. Her invocation was offered together with that of Imam Dr. Talib M. Shareef of The Nation’s Mosque (Washington, DC). . . .

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 2024, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 2024

Contributor(s):

Sharon Brous

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

Contributor(s):

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

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

Contributor(s):

David Abernethy

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

Contributor(s):

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

בִּשְּׁבִיל דֵמוֹקרָטִיָה וְצֶדֶק | For democracy and justice: additions to the Amidah to add from now through US election day (and afterward), by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid)

Additions to the Amidah for the sake of democracy and justice for offering now through US election day 2024. . . .

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

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2023-2024 Israel–Hamas war, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., עמידה amidah, democracy, Private Amidah, United States General Election 2024, voting, weekday amidah

Contributor(s):

David Seidenberg and Neohasid·org

Inauguration Day Prayer for Donald Trump, by Rabbi Ari Berman (2025)

This prayer by Rabbi Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, was offered as a benediction at the Inauguration ceremony for Donald Trump on 20 January 2025. . . .

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🇺🇸 Inauguration Day (January 20th), 🇺🇸 United States of America

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21st century C.E., 47th President of the United States, 58th century A.M., Donald Trump, English vernacular prayer, inaugurations, שתדלנות shtadlanut, United States

Contributor(s):

Ari Berman 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., English vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

David Abernethy

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