tagged: United States General Election 2016 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Prayer for Our Nation [upon the Inauguration of Donald Trump], by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz (2017)

Contributor(s):	Shmuly Yanklowitz
Categories:	United States of America, Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags:	Donald Trump, dissent, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 45th President of the United States, Resist, United States General Election 2016, United States, resistance, Needing Translation (into Hebrew)
	Because of my commitment to the integrity of prayer, starting this week, I can no longer recite or say amen to the Shabbat prayer for the success of the U.S. President. So I have drafted a new prayer that I will plan to recite each Shabbat morning. If you also feel it’s important to pray for the U.S. government but also feel you cannot pray for the success of this President, feel free to use this or adapt it as you please. I felt that it was not enough to simply avoid the U.S. President in the prayer for the government but to remind myself of the billions of vulnerable people who are at risk under his rule, and challenge myself each Shabbat to build up the strength for another week of spiritual resistance. . . .

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

Contributor(s):	David Zvi Kalman
Categories:	After the Aliyot, United States of America, Elections & Voting, Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
Tags:	democracy, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Philadelphia, United States General Election 2016, civic prayers, United States, voting
	A prayer for the electorate to be recited together with the Prayer for Government on the Shabbat before an election (federal, state, or local). . . .

Benediction by Rabbi Julie Schonfeld at the Democratic National Convention (2016)

Contributor(s):	Julie Schonfeld
Categories:	United States of America, Elections & Voting
Tags:	Benediction, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, United States General Election 2016, Democratic National Convention 2016, Democratic National Conventions, United States
	The full text of Rabbi Julie Schonfeld’s benediction offered at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention, July 25th, 2016. . . .

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
Categories:	Elections & Voting, Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
Tags:	United States, voting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., United States General Election 2016, civic prayers
	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. . . .

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