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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 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

Contributor(s):

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 for the United States of America on the eve of Election Day, ecumenical adaptation by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (4 November 1940)

This prayer for the United States of America was offered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his Radio Campaign Address at Hyde Park, New York on 4 November 1940. The prayer was adapted by Roosevelt from one he referred to it in his speech as “an old prayer.” That prayer was originally offered by Rev. Anson Phelps Stoke, canon of the Washington Cathedral (Washington DC), a guest chaplain before the Senate on 25 April 1932. Roosevelt, or a speech write, adapted the text of the prayer by removing the final line, thereby making the prayer a more inclusive and ecumenical civic prayer.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, World War Ⅱ

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Anson Phelps Stokes

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. Senate: Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld on 1 October 1942

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the tenth month of the second session of the 77th US Senate, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 88 part 6 (1 October 1942), p. 7661.

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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, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

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

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. Senate: Rabbi Solomon H. Metz on 5 June 1944

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 5 June 1944 on the eve of D-Day in World War Ⅱ.

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

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78th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., D-Day, English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Solomon H. Metz, 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 Samuel Thurman on 26 February 1945

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 26 February 1945.

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

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79th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot, World War Ⅱ

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Samuel Thurman and the Congressional Record of the United States of America

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Solomon H. Metz on 6 June 1945

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 6 June 1945.

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

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79th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Solomon H. Metz, 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 Norman Gerstenfeld on 29 April 1946

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 April 1946.

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

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79th Congress, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot, the Holocaust, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

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

Prayer for the United States after World War Ⅱ, by Rabbi Dudley Weinberg (AMVETS, ca. 1947)

This prayer by Rabbi Dudley Weinberg, National Chaplain of AMVETS after World War II, was included in the anthology, The Prayer Book of the Armed Forces (ed. Daniel A. Poling, 1951), pp. 79-80. The prayer was chosen for publication by the then National Commander of AMVETS, Harold Russell.

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🇺🇸 National Brotherhood Week, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, prayers of military chaplains, World War Ⅱ

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Dudley Weinberg, American Veterans [AMVETS] and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

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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. Senate: Rabbi Herman Eliot Snyder on 28 April 1948

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 April 1948.

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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, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Herman E. Snyder, 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 Dr. Joshua Loth Liebman on 19 May 1948

This prayer of the guest chaplain was offered in the fifth month of the second session of the 80th US Senate, and published in the Congressional Record, vol. 94 part 5 (19 May 1948), pp. 6051-6052.

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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, International recognition of Israel, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Joshua Loth Liebman 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

Contributor(s):

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

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