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Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the Virginia House of Delegates: Rabbi Julius Eckman (January 1850)

An opening prayer offered by the guest chaplain before the Virginia House of Delegates (1849-1850 legislative session) in the week of January 15-18, 1850, and published in The Richmond Enquirer (25 January 1850), p. 1.

Categories:

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

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Commonwealth of Virginia, English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains

Contributor(s):

Julius Eckman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for the Peace of the Union, by Rabbi M.J. Michelbacher on a National Day of Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer (4 January 1861)

This prayer for the peace of the United States was offered by Rabbi M.J. Michelbacher at Congregation Beit Ahabah (Richmond, Virginia) on the occasion of a national day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer proclaimed by President James Buchanan for January 4th, 1861. The prayer was published in the Richmond Daily Gazette and reprinted as “Another Prayer for the Union” in The Occident and American Jewish Advocate (17 January 1861), page 4.

Categories:

War

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, Commonwealth of Virginia, fasting, Slaveholders' Rebellion (1861-1865)

Contributor(s):

Maximilian Joseph Michelbacher and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)