Prayer for Voting, by Rachie Lewis (Keshet 2024)
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Date: 2024-10-02
Last Updated: 2024-10-02
Categories: 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, civic responsibility, democratic process, English vernacular prayer, LGBTQ, United States General Election 2024, voting
Excerpt: This Prayer for Voting was written by Rachie Lewis, senior writer of קשת Keshet: For LGBTQ Equality in Jewish Life, and first published at Keshet's website on 23 September 2024. . . .
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As you prepare to fill out your ballot, take three deep breaths.
Then recite the following prayer:
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May it be Your will,
God of our ancestors,
Divine spirit who makes change
and inspires change,
that You accompany us
as we carry out our civic duty
to vote,
to concern ourselves with the fate of our community,
for we are all responsible for one another.
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May it be Your will
that all endowed with the right to vote
recognize their power,
exercise their power;
that You bless the work of our hands,
striving to build a world
that honors Your creations,
every one made B’tselem Elohim — in Your image;
that You grant us the wisdom
to choose holiness,
to choose love,
to choose life.
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Blessed are You God,
who hears our prayer,
who spreads over us a sukkah,
a voting booth,
of peace.
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This Prayer for Voting was written by Rachie Lewis, senior writer of קשת Keshet: For LGBTQ Equality in Jewish Life, and first published at Keshet’s website on 23 September 2024.
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Prayer for Voting (Rachie Lewis for Keshet, 2024)
Contributor: Rachie Lewis
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Name: Rachie Lewis
Bio: Rachie Lewis is the Senior Writer at Keshet: For LGBTQ equality in Jewish life.
Website: https://www.keshetonline.org/rachie-lewis/
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/rachie-lewis
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Name: קשת Keshet: For LGBTQ Equality in Jewish Life
Bio: Founded by Jonathan Krasner and Jared Goldfarb in 1996, קשת Keshet is a national organization in the United States working for the full equality of all LGBTQ Jews and their families in Jewish life. Besides strengthening Jewish communities, they equip Jewish organizations with the skills and knowledge to build LGBTQ-affirming communities; create spaces in which all queer Jewish youth feel seen and valued; and advance LGBTQ rights nationwide. Keshet has offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York, in addition to their headquarters in Boston.
Website: https://www.keshetonline.org/
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/keshet
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