Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Richard Marcovitz on 17 May 1988
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Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies
Tags: 100th Congress, 20th 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 17 May 1988. . . .
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Guest Chaplain: Rabbi Richard Marcovitz, Congregation Bnai Israel, Pittsburgh
Date of Prayer: 17 May 1988
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In but a few days,
the world Jewish community
will observe the festival of Pentecost—
the anniversary of the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai.
That sublime law
as exemplified by the Ten Commandments
has endured through the ages,
lifting the hearts and minds of humanity.
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We pray, O Lord,
that Your presence
will inspire these creators of law
in their tasks;
that they may aspire to the extraordinary,
making the law of the land
to guide and to protect,
to free and to instruct.
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May Your Kingship of peace
be established
with great speed
so that all who are fettered or oppressed
will know blessing.
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May the work of the minds, hearts, and hands
of those who make up this singular body
be established
working in partnership with You, O Lord,
to bring about a world filled with blessing.
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And we respond, “Amen.”
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Source(s)
100th Congress, 2nd Session. C-SPAN.
Congressional Record, Vol. 134, Part 8 — Bound Edition, p. 11192.
Congressional Record v. 134, part 8 – 17 May 1988. p. 11192
Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
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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: Richard Marcovitz
Bio: Richard Marcovitz is the former rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel, Pittsburg, PA (1976-1996) and of Emanuel Synagogue, Oklahoma City, OK (1996-2002). In 2002, he plead guilty to inappropriately touching two students, a teacher and an after-care worker at an Oklahoma City Jewish school after a judge ruled evidence about the same kind of behavior over the last 40 years could be heard at his jury trial.
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Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/richard-marcovitz
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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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