Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Israel Zoberman on 7 July 2004
Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=28181
open_content_license: Public Domain (17 U.S. Code §105 - Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works) Date: 2019-11-19
Last Updated: 2025-02-18
Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies
Tags: 108th 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 7 July 2004. . . .
Content:
Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Israel Zoberman, Congregation Beth Chaverim, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sponsor:
Date of Prayer: 2004-07-07
| Contribute a translation |
Source (English) |
|
|
Our one God of Shalom,
who brings us together
to be one family,
having just celebrated July 4th,
inspire our tireless Senators
these trying times
of unique challenge
and singular opportunity
to safeguard
and increase
our blessings
in our beloved
and leading land
of flourishing democracy.
|
|
|
Enable
and ennoble
these faithful partners of Yours
to be coworkers with the Creator–
for that is our glory–
in the healing of society’s blemishes,
yet turning our planet Earth
into a paradise for all.
Facing complex issues
and raging debates,
allow them to connect
to the inner calming call
of divine presence,
awed by the wonder of being
and reassured by the spirit of renewal
at the heart of life’s awesome drama.
May they perceive in their own journey
God’s guiding hand of majesty,
mystery,
and mastery,
ever sustained
in both trial
and triumph.
|
|
|
As son of Polish Holocaust survivors,
I thank You and America.
|
|
|
Amen.
|
Source(s)
108th Congress, 2nd Session. Congressional Record, Issue: Vol. 150, No. 92 — Daily Edition (July 7, 2004)
Click to access CREC-2004-07-07-pt1-PgS7689-2.pdf
Contributor: the Congressional Record of the United States of America
Co-authors:
-
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
-
Name: Israel Zoberman
Bio: Rabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman is the Founding Rabbi of Congregation Beth Chaverim in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Born in 1945 in Chu, Kazakhstan (USSR) to Polish Holocaust survivors who had met in Siberia, Rabbi Zoberman spent his early childhood in Poland, Austria and from 1947 to 1949 at Germany’s Wetzlar Displaced Persons Camp, American Zone. He grew up in Haifa, Israel and served in the IDF in the 1960s before emigrating to the United States in 1966. Rabbi Zoberman is the only rabbi to earn a doctorate in Pastoral Care and Counseling from Chicago’s McCormick Theological Seminary, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. A resident of Virginia since 1981, he served one year as Associate Rabbi at Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk before founding Congregation Beth Chaverim, the first Reform synagogue in Virginia Beach. In 1999, his alma mater, Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion, awarded him the honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree.
Website: http://www.jewishnewsva.org/forty-years-a-rabbi-rabbi-israel-zoberman/
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/israel-zoberman
Featured Image:
Title: Flag_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg
Caption: Flag of the United States Senate