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		<title>💬 מְגִלַּת וָשִׁעְתּוֹן &#124; Megillat Washiŋton — a Purim Sheni scroll for &#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; Thanksgiving Day by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (1790, 2018)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isaac Gantwerk Mayer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[🇺🇸 George Washington's Birthday Readings]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In many Jewish communities around the world, there have been traditional scrolls read for “local Purims,” celebrating redemptions for a specific community. Here in America, we don’t really have an equivalent to that. But we do have Thanksgiving, a day heavily inspired by Biblical traditions of celebration, and one long associated with all that is good about America. Some Jewish communities have a tradition on Thanksgiving of reading Washington’s letter to the Jews of Newport, where he vows to support freedom of religion, famously writing that the United States “gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance” – thus rephrasing words originally written in a prior letter by Moses Seixas (say-shas), the sexton of the Touro Synagogue in Newport. This text includes the original English of both Moses Seixas’ letter to Washington and Washington’s return, as well as a somewhat simplified version of the story of Washington’s visit to Newport. Inspired largely by the style of the Book of Esther, it could be read on Thanksgiving morning during the service, using Esther melodies (or going on detours as per personal choice).]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="enhanced-category-description"><div class="category-main-content"><p>This is an archive of public readings selected for the birthday of George Washington, the first president of the United States of America. The day is celebrated as a civic holiday in the United States, also known as Presidents' Day.</p></div><div class="category-filters"><div class="accordion"><strong>Filter resources by Name</strong></div><div class="panel"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?col=2240">Isaac Gantwerk Mayer</a></div><div class="accordion"><strong>Filter resources by Tag</strong></div><div class="panel"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?taag=american-jewry-of-the-united-states">American Jewry of the United States</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?taag=george-washington">George Washington</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?taag=newport">Newport</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?taag=revolutionary-war">Revolutionary War</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?taag=spanish-portuguese">Spanish-Portuguese</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?taag=state-of-rhode-island-and-providence-plantations">State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?taag=western-sefaradim">Western Sefaradim</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?taag=18th-century-common-era">18th century C.E.</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?taag=56th-century-anno-mundi">56th century A.M.</a></div><div class="accordion"><strong>Filter resources by Category</strong></div><div class="panel"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?caat=extracanonical-megillot">Extracanonical Megillot</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?caat=modern">Modern Miscellany</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?caat=purim-sheni-readings">Purim Sheni Readings</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?caat=thanksgiving-day-readings">&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; Thanksgiving Day Readings</a></div><div class="accordion"><strong>Filter resources by Language</strong></div><div class="panel"><p><a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?language=eng&#038;language_name=English">English</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/?language=heb&#038;language_name=Hebrew">Hebrew</a></p></div><div class="accordion"><strong>Filter resources by Date Range</strong></div><div class="panel"><form action="https://opensiddur.org/shared/readings-and-sourcetexts/readings/civic-readings/george-washington-birthday-readings/" method="get" class="date-range-form"><div class="date-range-fields"><label for="daterange_start">From:</label><input type="number" id="daterange_start" name="daterange_start" value="" placeholder="Start year"> <label for="daterange_end">to:</label><input type="number" id="daterange_end" name="daterange_end" value="" placeholder="End year"><button type="submit" class="date-range-submit">Filter</button></div><p style="font-size: 14px; color: #666;">Enter a start year and an end year. BCE years are preceded by a dash (e.g., -1000).</p></form></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
					
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