[Prayer] for home, by Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques (1916)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=48791

Date: 2023-02-06

Last Updated: 2025-03-29

Categories: Marriage, Homes & Community Centers

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, English vernacular prayer, Liberal Movement for Progressive Judaism in Britain, teḥinot in English

Excerpt: Basil L.Q. Henriques's prayer "For Home" was first published in The Fratres Book of Prayer for the Oxford and St. George's Synagogue Jewish Lads Club in 1916, and later reprinted in the Prayer Book of the St. George's Settlement Synagogue (1929), "Special Prayers" section, pages 95-96. . . .

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	For home.
	My mind is full of sweet memories of home, and I am dreaming of the dear ones I love. I feel them near to me, and the love that binds us together comforts me. O God, who art the Father of us all, may I bring honour to them, and prove myself worthy of their many sacrifices and of all the tender care which they have shown to me.
	Teach me to appreciate more fully how truly sacred is my home; so that when I return to it I may be a better man, spreading happiness and peace to those who have ever given unto me the love that now, O Lord, I feel so strongly, the love that reflects unto me Thy glory and Thy tenderness. Amen.

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Basil L.Q. Henriques’s prayer “For Home” was first published in The Fratres Book of Prayer for the Oxford and St. George’s Synagogue Jewish Lads Club in 1916, and later reprinted in the Prayer Book of the St. George’s Settlement Synagogue (1929), “Special Prayers” section, pages 95-96.

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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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  Name: Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques
  Bio: Sir Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques CBE JP (17 October 1890 – 2 December 1961) was a British philanthropist of Portuguese Jewish descent, concentrating his work in the East End of London during the first half of the 20th century.
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Henriques
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/basil-lucas-quixano-henriques
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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
  Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
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Title: for home (Basil L.Q. Henriques 1929) – cropped
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