Inauguration Day Prayer for President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Rabbi Dr. Louis Finkelstein (1957)
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Excerpt: This prayer at the second inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Rabbi Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chancellor, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record for January 20, 1957. . . .
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God of our fathers,
grant Dwight David Eisenhower
and Richard Milhous Nixon
the blessings sought of Thee for all mankind
by the saint Rab
16 centuries ago
in Babylonia.
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Give them long life,
life of peace,
life of happiness,
above all
life which may prove a blessing to mankind.
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Do Thou fulfill in their days
and in ours
Thy promise to the prophets,
that Thou wilt cause fear of Thee
to enter the hearts of all Thy creatures,
so that mankind may become one society,
dedicated with a complete heart
to performance of Thy will.
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May wickedness be silenced,
may the rule of arrogance vanish,
and Thou alone reign over all.
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Our Father and our King,
may our time be ripe
for Thine own intervention
as of yore,
to inspire us to obey Thee,
that all mankind may join us in Thy service,
for their own sake,
and for the sake of Thy holy name.
Amen.
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This prayer at the second inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Rabbi Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chancellor, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record for January 20, 1957.
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Contributor: the Congressional Record of the United States of America
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Name: the Congressional Record of the United States of America
Bio: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Printing Office and issued when Congress is in session. Indexes are issued approximately every two weeks. At the end of a session of Congress, the daily editions are compiled in bound volumes constituting the permanent edition. Statutory authorization for the Congressional Record is found in Chapter 9 of Title 44 of the United States Code. (wikipedia)
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Name: Louis Finkelstein
Bio: Louis Finkelstein (June 14, 1895 in Cincinnati, Ohio – 29 November 1991) was a Talmud scholar, an expert in Jewish law, and a leader of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) and Conservative Judaism. His major scholarly pursuits were works on the Pharisees (the second temple era sect from which rabbinic Judaism developed) and on the Sifra, the oldest rabbinic commentary on the book of Leviticus. Finkelstein authored a number of books, including Tradition in the Making, Beliefs and Practices of Judaism, Pre-Maccabean Documents in the Passover Haggadah, Introduction to the Treatises Abot and Abot of Rabbi Nathan (1950, in Hebrew with English summary), Abot of Rabbi Nathan, (a three volume series on The Pharisees), and Akiba: Scholar, Saint and Martyr. He also edited a four volume series entitled The Jews: Their History, Culture and Religion in 1949.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Finkelstein
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