A Liturgy for the U.S. Presidential Inauguration, 2021
A three-prayer liturgy for the U.S. Presidential Inauguration. It includes a new prayer for Vice President Kamala Harris conceived with Cantor Evan Kent. Brief descriptions of…
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In our Declaration of Independence, the Founders describe “the causes which impel them” to separate from the King of England as “a long train of abuses…
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This prayer borrows Hebrew from several prayers from the traditional siddur that are said after the Shabbat Torah reading: yikum purkan, y’hi ratzon and hanotein t’shu’ah.…
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In “On Politics and Prayer,” I wrote that the Torah teaches us that even when we oppose a specific politician, we must pray for the wisdom…
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