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tag: prayers for municipalities Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? This prayer offered by Rabbi Sabato Morais in response to what became known as the Great Chicago Fire was offered at the end of his sermon reprinted in The Philadelphia Inquirer on the following day 1 December 1871. It was preserved by Rabbi Morais in his ledger (page 47), an archive of newsclippings recording material he contributed to the press, among other announcements. (Many thanks to the Library of the University of Pennsylvania for helping to make this resource accessible.) . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Chicago, English vernacular prayer, Epidemic, Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Philadeelphia, prayers for municipalities Contributor(s): This prayer offered by Rabbi Sabato Morais in response to what became known as the Great Boston Fire of 1872, was recorded in an article in Philaedlphia’s Evening Telegraph, “Boston’s Fire. A Prayer by a Hebrew Minster,” reprinted from the Boston Transcript. It was preserved by Rabbi Morais in his ledger (p. 234, clipping 406), an archive of newsclippings recording material he contributed to the press, among other announcements. (Many thanks to the Library of the University of Pennsylvania for helping to make this resource accessible.) . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Boston, English vernacular prayer, Great Boston Fire of 1872, prayers for municipalities Contributor(s): A prayer composed by Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman, chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, for the city’s 50th anniversary (Jubilee) celebration, amended by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried of Beit Tefillah Yisraeli. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Beit Tefillah Yisraeli, Jaffa, Needing Translation (into Arabic), peace, prayers for municipalities, Tel Aviv, Yaffo, Yapho, ישראל Yisrael Contributor(s): The “Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem” by the late chief rabbi of Ḥaifa, Eliyahu Yosef She’ar Yashuv Cohen zt”l (1927-2016), is often included in programs praying for peace in Jerusalem in periods of conflict. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Israeli–Palestinian conflict, ירושלם Jerusalem, prayers for municipalities, religious Zionist, Yerushalayim Contributor(s): The opening prayer offered before the Boston City Council on January 5th, 2009. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Boston, English vernacular prayer, inauguration, prayers for municipalities Contributor(s): The opening prayer offered before the Boston City Council on April 13th, 2011. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): May the One who spoke the world into being, and who blessed humanity created in God’s image, and who brought about the miracle of these United States to promote freedom and peace among all people — bless, guard, and protect all the inhabitants of the Boston area, and strengthen and encourage their leaders, representatives, police officers, and detectives; bring them out from the shadow of death to light, and from danger to relief; and may the verse be fulfilled for them which says, ‘God is good to all, and shows mercy to all God’s creatures.’ And let us say: amein. . . . Categories: Tags: 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, bombing, Boston, Massachusetts, prayers for municipalities Contributor(s): “A Prayer for Pittsburgh” was first published by Rabbi Menachem Creditor at his website, and shared with the Open Siddur Project via our Facebook discussion group. . . . 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. . . . Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry, Mass Shootings & Gun Violence, Terror, 🇺🇸 United States of America Tags: 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., mass murder inside a synagogue, Prayers after acts of terrible violence, prayers for municipalities, United States Contributor(s): A prayer written in response to the massacre of Muslim worshipers during Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand. . . . | ||
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