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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 Leo M. Franklin on 19 January 1917

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 January 1917.

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

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64th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Leo M. Franklin and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Edward B.M. Browne on 13 December 1917

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 December 1917.

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

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65th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Lord's Prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, United States entry into World War Ⅰ, World War Ⅰ

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Edward Benjamin Morris Browne and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer for Our Country, a lament on the necessity of war by Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick (1917)

“Prayer for Our Country” by Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick was selected by Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron for inclusion in his World War Ⅰ era prayerbook, Side Arms: Readings, Prayers and Meditations for Soldiers and Sailors (1918), on pages 27-28. The prayer is printed unchanged from its original publication in The Challenge of the Present Crisis (H.E. Fosdick 1917), pp. 46-47.

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War, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ecumenical prayers, English vernacular prayer, lamentation, Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, United States entry into World War Ⅰ, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Harry Emerson Fosdick and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Abram Simon on 25 February 1918

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the third month of the second session of the 65th US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 56 part 3 (25 February 1918), page 2628.

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

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65th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

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

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Edward B.M. Browne on 30 August 1918

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the ninth month of the second session of the 65th US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 56 part 10 (30 August 1918), page 9678.

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

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65th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Edward Benjamin Morris Browne and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Gustav N. Hausmann on 12 December 1918

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the first month of the third session of the 65th US Senate, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 57 part 1 (12 December 1918), pp. 336-337.

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

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65th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot, Versailles Peace Treaty, World War Ⅰ

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

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Abram Simon on 22 February 1925

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 February 1925, an elegy for Rep. Julius Kahn (1861-1924).

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🇺🇸 George Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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68th Congress, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., elegies, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Julius Kahn, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

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Abram Simon and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Emanuel J. Jack on 14 December 1925

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the first month of the first session of the 69th US Senate, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 67 part 1 (14 December 1925), page 762.

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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., 69th Congress, English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Emanuel J. Jack and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Abram Simon on 7 June 1926

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the seventh month of the first session of the 69th US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 67 part 10 (7 June 1926), page 10819.

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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., 69th Congress, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

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

Prayer for the Government of the United States of America, by Rabbi Leo Jung (1927)

A prayer on behalf of the government of the United States of America by one of the leading architects of Modern Orthodoxy in America.

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Government & Country, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, United States

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Leo Jung and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for the Government of the United States of America, by Rabbi Norman Salit (1927)

A prayer on behalf of the government of the United States of America by one of the leading architects of Modern Orthodoxy in America.

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Government & Country, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Americanism, English vernacular prayer, United States

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Norman Salit and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi William F. Rosenblum on 30 April 1928

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the sixth month of the first session of the 70th US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 68 part 7 (30 April 1928), page 7438.

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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., 70th Congress, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), William F. Rosenblum and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Abram Simon on 29 May 1929

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the second month of the first session of the 71st US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 71 part 2 (29 May 1926), page 2173.

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🇺🇸 Memorial Day (last Monday of May), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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71st 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):

Abram Simon, 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 Louis I. Newman on 7 January 1930

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 January 1930.

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

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71st 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):

Louis Israel Newman and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Julius Mark on 16 January 1931

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the second month of the first session of the 72nd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 74 part 3 (16 January 1931), page 2370.

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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., 72nd Congress, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

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

Prayer for Our Country, by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach (1932)

This prayer, entitled “[Prayer for] Our Country,” was published in The Jewish Peace Book for Home and School (1932) under “Section III: Peace Devotions for Jewish Use — Prayers for Peace” on page 100.

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🇺🇸 United States of America

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American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, interwar period, Jewish pacifism

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Abraham Cronbach

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Ralph B. Hershon on 20 May 1932

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the sixth month of the first session of the 72nd US House of Representatives, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 75 part 10 (20 May 1932), pp. 10812-10813.

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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., 72nd Congress, English vernacular prayer, Great Depression in the United States, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

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

Invocation by Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman at the Republican National Convention (16 June 1932)

This is the invocation of Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman offered at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois on 16 June 1932, as found in The Washington Times, “The Rabbi Prayes for Nation’s Needy at Convention.”

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Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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English vernacular prayer, Great Depression in the United States, Republican National Convention 1932, Republican National Conventions

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Ferdinand M. Isserman

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Leon Fram on 25 March 1935

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 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, Fascism in North America, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Leon Fram, 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. 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)

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