Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Doniel Ginsberg on 12 June 2014

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Date: 2018-09-04

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

Tags: 113th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Excerpt: The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 12 June 2014. . . .

Content:

Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Doniel Ginsberg, Ohr Somayach-Tanenbaum College, Jerusalem, and rabbi of Yeshiva Ateres Shmuel, of Waterbury, CT
Date of Prayer: 12 June 2014

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	Our Father in Heaven, bless the United States of America and the brave men and women of our Armed Forces who have left their loved ones in defense of freedom.
	Bless our lawmakers– men and women who love to serve and who will serve with love. Place into their hearts and into the hearts of their counselors a moral compass to guide them to the right decisions.
	O Lord, protect and inspire these good, gifted, and gracious people. Endow them with courage, fortitude, wisdom, and crown them with humility and compassion. May the eternal teachings always be with them– to act with accountability, to relate with respect, to be diligent and devoted, to be a friend of truth.
	May our beloved United States be a place where dreams are worth dreaming, a place where sacrifices are worth enduring and where our tomorrows can be even better than our todays.
אָמֵן׃	Amen.

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Source(s)

113th Congress, 2nd Session. Congressional Record, Issue: Vol. 160, No. 91 — Daily Edition (June 12, 2014)

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)
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Record
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/united-states-congressional-record
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  Name: Doniel Ginsberg
  Bio: Rabbi Doniel Ginsberg is associate dean of Ohr Somayach-Tanenbaum College, Jerusalem, and rabbi of Yeshiva Ateres Shmuel, of Waterbury, CT.
  Website: http://waterburyyeshiva.org/shicollection-rabbi-doniel-ginsberg
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/doniel-ginsberg

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