OU/RCA Call for National Day of Prayer - Thursday, February 20 – 18 Adar I - February 12, 2003 - OUPR

OU/RCA Call for National Day of Prayer
Thursday, February 20 – 18 Adar I

“Turn away Your anger and reverse
any evil that may be directed against Your people!”
Tachanun Prayer

Hear address given by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb at the Tefillah service at the Orthodox Union - 256k | 56k

In this time of heightened levels of security and threats of imminent war, we call on all our fellow Jews to respond by uniting in prayer. Our tradition and our history, particularly in this season of Purim, demonstrate that Jewish prayer, resolve and rededication have the undeniable power to positively influence events around us and throughout the world. We must pour out our hearts in supplication to the Almighty, asking that He protect His people—whether in Israel or in the Diaspora—and indeed all of humanity, from any harm.

The leadership of the Orthodox Union and the executive committee of the Rabbinical Council of America have designated Thursday, 18 Adar I —February 20th—as a Yom Tefillah, a Day of Prayer on which communities should come together to recite Tehillim (chapters from the Book of Psalms), each according to its own custom. Tehillim chapters 20, 79, 83, 121 and 130 and 142 are available in PDF/graphic format on our website.

May these prayers and entreaties be favorably received in Heaven and, in their merit, may calamity be averted so that we can look forward to the time when the world will enjoy everlasting peace and security.

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