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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Leslie Gutterman on 15 September 2011

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 15 September 2011.

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🌐 Day of Democracy (September 15th), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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112th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Leslie Gutterman

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks on 2 November 2011

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 2 November 2011.

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

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112th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, pluralism, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

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the Congressional Record of the United States of America, Jonathan Sacks and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl on 29 November 2012

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 November 2012.

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

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112th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, productive confrontation, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Baruch Frydman-Kohl

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Michael Beals on 23 May 2013

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 23 May 2013.

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

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113th Congress, 2013 Moore tornado, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Michael Beals

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Moshe Feller on 11 June 2013

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 June 2013.

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

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113th 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. Senate: Rabbi Doniel Ginsberg on 12 June 2014

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 12 June 2014.

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

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113th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

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the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Doniel Ginsberg

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Israel Zoberman on 11 December 2014

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 December 2014.

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

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113th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Israel Zoberman

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Harold Kravitz on 9 June 2015

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 9 June 2015.

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

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114th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, food insecurity, hunger, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

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the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Harold Kravitz

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Yosef Greenberg on 3 February 2016

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 3 February 2016.

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

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114th Congress, 2015-2016 wave of violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, חבּ״ד ḤaBaD Lubavitch, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, שבע מצות בני נח Seven Noaḥide Commandments, Stabbing Intifada, תחינות teḥinot

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the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Yosef Greenberg

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Barry Block on 31 January 2017

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 31 January 2017.

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

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115th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Barry Block

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Seth H. Frisch on 27 February 2018

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 27 February 2018.

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

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115th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, Queen Esther, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Seth H. Frisch

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. 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

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

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

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

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Ari Berman

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