Prayer for Sailors and Soldiers on Active Service, by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire 1914)

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Date: 2022-06-22

Last Updated: 2025-03-07

Categories: War, 🌐 Armistice Day (November 11th), 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Excerpt: "Prayer for Sailors and Soldiers on Active Service," was likely written by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz and published at the outset of the Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers [of H.M. Forces] (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1914), p. 5. . . .

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	Prayer for Sailors and Soldiers on Active Service.
	O Lord God of Hosts! Thou art our refuge and strength at all times. Unto thee we pour forth our hearts in prayer, that thou mayest be with us both in time of peace and of war, and shield us from all sorrow and hurt.
	Fill our hearts with courage and steadfastness that we may perform our duty to our King and Country for the honour of Israel and of the Empire.
	Do thou gird us with victory so that peace may speedily reign over all the earth. Into thy hands we commend our lives, for thou art our guardian and our deliverer. Amen!

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“Prayer for Sailors and Soldiers on Active Service,” was likely written by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz and published at the outset of the Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers [of H.M. Forces] (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1914), p. 5.

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Contributor: Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth

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  Name: Joseph Herman Hertz
  Bio: Joseph Herman Hertz (25 September 1872 – 14 January 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian-born rabbi and biblical scholar. He is most notable for holding the position of Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1913 until his death in 1946, in a period encompassing both world wars and the Holocaust. Hertz edited a notable commentary on the Torah (1929–36, one volume edition 1937). Popularly known as the Hertz Chumash, this classic Hebrew-English edition of the Five Books of Moses, with corresponding Haftorahs, is used in synagogues and classrooms throughout the English-speaking world. He also edited a Hebrew-English edition of the Jewish Prayer Book or Siddur (1946), and contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia and the Encyclopædia Britannica.
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hertz
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/joseph-herman-hertz
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  Name: Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth
  Bio: The Office of the Chief Rabbi is the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and is the senior rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations. The present incumbent is Ephraim Mirvis who leads the Office of the Chief Rabbi (OCR).
  Website: https://chiefrabbi.org
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/office-of-the-chief-rabbi
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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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