[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3476]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi Joseph F. Mendelsohn, Heska Amuna Synagogue, Knoxville, 
Tennessee, offered the following prayer:
  The prayer I am about to offer is not original, rather it is read by 
Jewish congregations throughout the United States every Saturday 
morning during Sabbath services.
  Our God and God of our ancestors, we ask Your blessings for our 
country, for its government, for its leaders and advisors, and for all 
who exercise just and rightful authority. Help them to administer all 
affairs of state fairly, that peace and security, happiness and 
prosperity, justice and freedom may forever abide in our midst.
  Creator of all flesh, bless all the inhabitants of our country with 
Your spirit. May citizens of all races and creeds forge a common bond 
in true harmony to banish all hatred and bigotry and to safeguard the 
ideals and free institutions which are the pride and glory of our 
country.
  May this land under Your Providence be an influence for good 
throughout the world, uniting all people in peace and freedom and 
helping them to fulfill the vision of Your Prophet: ``Nation shall not 
lift up sword against nation, neither shall they experience war any 
more.''
  And let us say, Amen.

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