“The Peace of God” by Alice Montefiore Lucas was written for “Sabbath—ⅩⅩⅩⅤ,” (i.e., Shabbat parashat b’Midbar) and first published in her collection of prayers, The Jewish Year (1898), p. 83.

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This prayer-poem on receiving a parent’s Sabbath Blessing was written by Jessie Ethel Sampter and published in her Around the Year in Rhymes for the Jewish Child (1920), p. 25.

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The inscriptions on these amulets conclude with parts of the Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing), the three-part blessing in which the Kohanim are instructed to bless the people of Israel in Numbers 6:22-27. The script in the amulets dates them approximately to the reign of King Yoshiyahu (late 7th or early 6th century BCE) predating the Nash papyrus, and the earliest of the Dead Sea Scrolls by four centuries.

The Birkat Kohanim may have been a well-known liturgical formula in Ancient Israelite religion, and so was recorded both in amulets and in the Torah. Here is the Birkat Kohanim according to the Masoretic text of Book of Numbers 6:22-27:

The wording of the blessings in the amulets is not exactly the wording as found in the Masoretic text of the Torah. Note that the formulation veyichunekha (be gracious towards you) is not present in either of the scrolls below. The formula of the Birkat Kohanim begins on the 5th line:^[1] Gabriel Barkay, “The Priestly Benediction on the Ketef Hinnom Plaques,” Cathedra 52 (1989), p. 58  

[Top line(s) broken: For PN xxxx]
1) -h/hu. May be blessed h/sh-
2) -[e] by YHW[H,]
3) the warrior/helper and
4) the rebuker of
5) [E]vil: May bless you,
6) YHWH,
7) keep you.
8) Make shine, YH-
9) -[W]H, His face
10) [upon] you and g-
11) -rant you p-
12) -[ea]ce.
[Bottom line(s) broken.]

Ketef Hinnom Amulet II recto (collage: Aharon Varady; from image by Ardon Bar Hama, COJS, and drawing by Gabriel Barkay)

The formula of the Birkat Kohanim begins on the 14th line of the first amulet. All of Numbers 6:25-26 may have appeared on KH1 after line 18 where the scroll has disintegrated. ^[2] Gabriel Barkay, “The Priestly Benediction on the Ketef Hinnom Plaques,” Cathedra 52 (1989), p. 52  

[Top line(s) broken]
1) …] YHW …
2) […]
3) the grea[t … who keeps]
4) the covenant and
5) [G]raciousness towards those who love [him] and (alt: [hi]m;)
6) those who keep [his commandments … ^[3] Compare lines 3-6 to:
Exodus 20:6—showing mercy to thousands of them that love Me and keep My commandments
Deuteronomy 5:10—showing mercy to thousands of them that love Me and keep My commandments
Deuteronomy 7:9—keeping covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations
Daniel 9:4—keeping covenant and mercy to them that love Him, and to them that keep His commandments
Nehemiah 1:5—keeping covenant and mercy for them that love Him and observe His commandments  
7) …]. ^[4] The omission of “thousands” may have originally appeared on line 7 as in Deuteronomy 7:9.  
8) the Eternal? […].
9) [the?] blessing more than any
10) [sna]re and more than Evil.
11) For redemption is in him.
12) For YHVH
13) is our restorer [and]
14) rock. May YHVH bles[s]
15) you and
16) [may he] protect you.
17) [May] YHVH make
18) [his face] shine …
[Bottom line(s) broken.]

Ketef Hinnom Amulet I recto (collage: Aharon Varady; from image by Nahum Slapak , Israel Museum, and drawing by Gabriel Barkay)

Ms. BROWNLEY of California. Mr. Speaker, it is my great privilege to welcome a very good friend, Rabbi Michael Lotker, to be the guest chaplain of the House of Representatives today.

Rabbi Lotker is a teacher and a leader in Ventura County. He is the rabbi emeritus at Temple Ner Ami in Camarillo, California; the rabbi of Congregation Khilat HaAloneem in Ojai, California; and the community rabbi and teacher for the Jewish Federation of Ventura County. He is also a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the Board of Rabbis of Southern California.

In addition to his work as a rabbi, Rabbi Lotker is an author and a physicist, with a focus on researching alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, and geothermal.

Known for his quick–witted humor, Rabbi Lotker writes parody songs for each of the Jewish holidays throughout the year.

For his spiritual leadership and thoughtful words, I would like to thank Rabbi Lotker for leading us in prayer today. ;

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113th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record, Issue: Vol. 160, No. 95 — Daily Edition (June 18, 2014)

Link: https://chaplain.house.gov/chaplaincy/display_gc.html?id=2124

This Graduation Blessing by Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan was written for Convocation 2017 at the Vancouver School of Theology.