tagged: civic prayers • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

A Prayer for America’s Veterans and Servicemembers on Veterans Day, by David Abernethy

Contributor(s):

David Abernethy

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Veterans Day

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United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States

This is a brief prayer for America’s veterans and service members on Veterans Day . . .

A Prayer for Remembrance and Peace on Memorial Day, by David Abernethy

Contributor(s):

David Abernethy

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Memorial/Decoration Day (last Monday of May)

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United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States

A prayer for the observance of Memorial Day in the United States. . . .

תפילה על האיחוי והרעות | A Prayer for Brotherhood, Unity, and Friendship on Israeli Election Day (2020)

Contributor(s):

Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Martin Samuel Cohen and Masorti Movement in Israel

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Yom Habḥirut, Elections & Voting, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

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ישראל Yisrael, 2020 Israeli legislative election, tolerance of difference, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, disagreement, difference disagreement and deviance

Based on the Prayer For Freedom from Strife and the Prayer that One Be a Lover and a Pursuer of Peace taken from the Liqutei Tefilot of Reb Nosson of Nemirov. Edited and reworked by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum. English Translation: Rabbi Martin S. Cohen. . . .

תפילה פרטית לשם הצבעה | Private Prayer for Voting, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (2020)

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Election Day, Elections & Voting

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United States, voting, democracy, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, United States General Election 2020

A private prayer for fulfilling your civic duty and voting, whether in a voting booth or by mail. The concluding partial berakhah (without its full preamble, so as to avoid a berakhah levatala) is traditionally stated upon seeing a king of a nation, so in a democratic regime it seems appropriate to adopt for the voters. . . .

A Prayer for our Country, its Leaders and its Citizens, by David Abernethy (2020)

Contributor(s):

David Abernethy

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United States of America

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2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, pluralism, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, United States, United States General Election 2020, democracy, civic responsibility, Donald Trump, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States

A prayer for the United States, its leaders and government and its citizens — a personal response to things that were troubling me in the months before November’s election – in particular the level of divisiveness in our country, and what seemed to me to be a growing sense that it isn’t important to respect people we disagree with, and an ever more prevalent belief that we are entitled to decide for ourselves which rules to follow, and all that matters are own rights and our beliefs, not our responsibilities to one another. Inspired by the events of 2020 . . .

תפילה להצבעה | A Prayer on Voting, by Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson (T’ruah 2016)

Contributor(s):

T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Lev Meirowitz Nelson

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Election Day, Elections & Voting

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democracy, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., United States General Election 2016, civic prayers, United States, voting

On Tuesday, we go to the polls in a momentous election that for many of us has generated a combination of anxiety, excitement, fear, and confusion. We offer you this prayer, which you can recite this Shabbat, before you vote, or while you are waiting for returns. . . .

תפילה למצביעי המדינה | Prayer for the Electorate, by David Zvi Kalman (2016)

Contributor(s):

David Zvi Kalman

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After the Aliyot, United States of America, Election Day, Elections & Voting

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תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Philadelphia, United States General Election 2016, civic prayers, United States, voting, democracy

A prayer for the electorate to be recited together with the Prayer for Government on the Shabbat before an election (federal, state, or local). . . .

[Prayer on the] Retirement of a Civic Servant (Mayor Charles Henry Martens), by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1952)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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civic prayers, retirement, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

A prayer composed for a ceremony honoring the tenure of Charles Henry Martens, mayor of East Orange, New Jersey on his retirement from three decades of civic service. . . .

Closing Prayer for Labor Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan

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International Workers' Day (May 1st), US Labor Day (1st Monday in September)

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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States

“Closing Prayer [for Labor Day]” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p.165. . . .

Opening Prayer on the Significance of Arbor Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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National Arbor Day (last Friday in April), Planting

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58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, planting trees, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States

This opening prayer for Arbor Day, “The Significance of the Day,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 3-4 — as preface to a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . .

Closing Prayer for Arbor Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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National Arbor Day (last Friday in April), Planting

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58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, planting trees, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States

This closing prayer for Arbor Day, “The Significance of the Day,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 86. . . .

Closing Prayer for United Nations Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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United Nations, United Nations Day (October 24th)

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civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, anti-war, world government, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

This closing prayer for United Nations Day was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 272-273. . . .

Opening Prayer on the Significance of Thanksgiving Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan

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Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)

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American Jewry of the United States, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, Problematic prayers

This opening prayer for Thanksgiving Day, “The Significance of the Day,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 304 — as preface to a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . .

Closing Prayer for Thanksgiving Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan

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Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)

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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States

This closing prayer for Thanksgiving Day was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 327-328 — following at the end of a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . .

Opening Prayer on the Significance of Lincoln’s Birthday, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th)

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civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, 20th century C.E., United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

This opening prayer-essay for Lincoln’s Birthday, “The Significance of the Day,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951) — as preface to a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . .

Opening Prayer on the Significance of Washington’s Birthday, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February)

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United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, 20th century C.E.

This opening prayer for Washington’s Birthday, “The Significance of the Day,” as first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951). . . .

Closing Prayer for Washington’s Birthday, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February)

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20th century C.E., United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States

This closing prayer for Washington’s Birthday as first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951). . . .

The Dignity of Labor, a prayer for Labor Day by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan

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International Workers' Day (May 1st), US Labor Day (1st Monday in September)

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English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M.

“Dignity of Labor” is a prayer for Labor Day first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p.176-177. . . .

Opening Prayer on the Significance of Labor Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan

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International Workers' Day (May 1st), US Labor Day (1st Monday in September)

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capitalism, the invisible hand, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States

“Opening Prayer on the Significance of [Labor] Day” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p.165. . . .

Opening Prayer for United Nations Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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United Nations, United Nations Day (October 24th)

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58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, interdependence, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States

This opening prayer for United Nations Day, “The Significance of the Day,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 249-250. . . .

War Can Be Abolished, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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United Nations Day (October 24th), War

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58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, anti-war, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States

“War Can Be Abolished,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 262-265. . . .

Opening Prayer on the Significance of New Year’s Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams and Mordecai Kaplan

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Gregorian New Year's Day (January 1st)

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English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M.

This opening prayer for New Year’s Day, “The Significance of the Day,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 3-4 — as preface to a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . .

The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays, compiled by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams, Mordecai Kaplan and Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation

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Pulpit & Ceremonial Prayer collections, Interfaith & Ecumenical collections of prayers

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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, reconstructing Judaism

A collection of civic prayers, poems, and readings arranged for thirteen civic holidays in the United States. . . .

Closing Prayer for New Year’s Day, adapted by Mordecai Kaplan & Eugene Kohn from a prayer by Members of the Faculty of the Colgate Divinity School (1947)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, John Paul Williams, Mordecai Kaplan and Members of the Faculty of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School

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Gregorian New Year's Day (January 1st)

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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers

This “Closing Prayer” for New Year’s Day was adapted by Mordecai Kaplan and Eugene Kohn from a prayer first published by unnamed “Members of the Faculty” of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School (The Colgate-Rochester Divinity School Bulletin, “Prayers for the New Year,” vol. 19 no. 2 (1947), pp. 65-71). Kaplan & Kohn’s adapted prayer essentially contains excerpts from the prayer of the Faculty (excluding any with explicit Christian content). The adapted prayer was published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 25-26. –Aharon Varady . . .

An American Covenant of Brotherhood, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan and Eugene Kohn (1945)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February), National Brotherhood Week

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anti-racist, 20th century C.E., pluralism, United States, 58th century A.M., civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, anti-fascist

A civic prayer for the Sabbath occurring during Brotherhood Week (February 19th-28th) in the United States. . . .

תפלה בעד שלום המדינה | Prayer for the Government of William Howard Taft, by Avraham Hyman Charlap (1912)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and אברהם היימאן חרלאפ

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Government & Country, United States of America

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civic prayers, William Howard Taft, 20th century C.E., United States, democratic process, 57th century A.M.

A prayer for the government of President William Howard Taft and Vice-President James Sherman offered by a first generation immigrant to the United States. . . .

תפלה בעד שלום המדינה | Prayer for the Welfare of the Government and Country of the United States of America, by Avraham Hyman Charlap (1912)

Contributor(s):

Alan Belsky (translation) and אברהם היימאן חרלאפ

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Government & Country, After the Aliyot, United States of America

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democratic process, 57th century A.M., civic prayers, 20th century C.E., United States

A prayer for the government offered by a first generation immigrant to the United States. . . .