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Mosby

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16. A Jewish prayer for voting
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 02:46 PM
Dec 2017

With my vote today, I am prepared and intending
to seek peace for this country, as it is written (Jer. 29,7):
“Seek the peace of the city where I cause you to roam
and pray for her sake to God the Lord, for in her peace you all will have peace.”

May it be Your will that votes will be counted faithfully,
and may You count my vote as if I had fulfilled this verse with all my power.
May You give a wise heart to whomever we elect today
and may it be good in Your eyes to raise for us a good government
to bring justice and peace to all the inhabitants of this land and to Jerusalem,
and to honor the image of God in all humanity and in Creation
for rulership is Yours.

Just as I participated in elections today,
so may I merit to do good works and to repair the world with all my efforts,
and with the act of...[fill in your pledge]...which I pledge to do today
on behalf of all living creatures, in remembrance of the covenant of Noah’s waters
to protect and to not destroy the earth and her plenitude.

May You give to all the peoples of this country the strength and the will
to pursue righteousness and to seek peace as a unified force
in order to cause to flourish, throughout the world, good life and peace,
and may You fulfill for us the verse (Ps. 90:17):
“May the pleasure of Adonai our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands for us; make the work of our hands endure.”


~ Rabbi David Seidenberg

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Whatever works. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #1
Prayer is like chicken soup when you have a cold. TomSlick Dec 2017 #2
Pascal's Wager? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #3
While it is presumptuous to dismiss a famous philosopher, TomSlick Dec 2017 #4
If you don't believe in Odin, you lose Pascal's wager, ... Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 #9
So, you'd like to change people's minds, as long as it's in support of our goals? brooklynite Dec 2017 #5
You misunderstand me. TomSlick Dec 2017 #6
Well explained TomSlick Greywing Dec 2017 #7
You do understand, God favors OUR team! yallerdawg Dec 2017 #17
Dear lord Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 #8
Sometimes when you pray.. Kittycow Dec 2017 #10
ouch Egnever Dec 2017 #12
I have to realize that I'm not smart enough to see the plan. TomSlick Dec 2017 #14
Petition the Lord with prayer? You cannot petition the Lord with Prayer ! Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #11
+1000 dchill Dec 2017 #13
You can always ask. TomSlick Dec 2017 #15
A Jewish prayer for voting Mosby Dec 2017 #16
Amen. TomSlick Dec 2017 #18
Amen! n/t Different Drummer Dec 2017 #19
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