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. Click here to contribute a prayer you have written for the United States. Filter resources by Name Filter resources by Tag Filter resources by Category
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11 July 2012. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 September 2012. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 November 2012. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 April 2013. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 23 May 2013. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 June 2013. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 November 2013. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 23 May 2014. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 May 2014. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11 June 2014. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 12 June 2014. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 June 2014. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 June 2014. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 July 2014. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 December 2014. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 April 2015. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 9 June 2015. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 June 2015. . . . A prayer for the electorate to be recited together with the Prayer for Government on the Shabbat before an election (federal, state, or local). . . . The full text of Rabbi Julie Schonfeld’s benediction offered at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention, July 25th, 2016. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 3 February 2016. . . . Tags: 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 The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 March 2016. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 May 2016. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 July 2016. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 November 2016. . . . Because of my commitment to the integrity of prayer, starting this week, I can no longer recite or say amen to the Shabbat prayer for the success of the U.S. President. So I have drafted a new prayer that I will plan to recite each Shabbat morning. If you also feel it’s important to pray for the U.S. government but also feel you cannot pray for the success of this President, feel free to use this or adapt it as you please. I felt that it was not enough to simply avoid the U.S. President in the prayer for the government but to remind myself of the billions of vulnerable people who are at risk under his rule, and challenge myself each Shabbat to build up the strength for another week of spiritual resistance. . . . Tags: 21st century C.E., 45th President of the United States, 58th century A.M., dissent, Donald Trump, English vernacular prayer, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), Resist, resistance, United States, United States General Election 2016 The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 31 January 2017. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 March 2017. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 May 2017. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 May 2017. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 June2017. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 27 June 2017. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 August 2017 . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 September 2017. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 October 2017. . . . A prayer for the recovery of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after a dangerous fall she endured in her office on 8 November 2018. . . . A prayer composed in the aftermath of the mass murder of the Dor Ḥadash community at the Ets Ḥayyim (Tree of Life) Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh on Shabbat morning 27 October 2018. . . . A plea to not become numb in the face of overwhelming cruelty. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 January 2018. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 27 February 2018. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 April 2018. . . . A prayer offered by Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff at the Vietnam War Memorial on Memorial Day May 28th 2018. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 May 2018. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 6 June 2018. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 12 June 2018. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 June 2018. . . . Tags: 115th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., embrace the stranger, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, protect the refugee, תחינות teḥinot, United States Immigration Policy, welcome the immigrant The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 September 2018. . . . Tags: 115th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, hakhnasat orḥim, hospitality, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, United States Immigration Policy, welcoming The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 November 2018. . . . Tags: 115th Congress, 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., anti-fascist, English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Nuremberg Trials, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, Strange Fruit, תחינות teḥinot A prayer for a government when that government is causing pain through malicious policies. . . . “A Prayer for the Spiritual Welfare of the United States at a Time of Trial,” by Rabbi Joe Schwartz was first published at The Forward on 28 June 2019. . . . |
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