A Prayer for Shabbat Lech Lecha - Before the Election

Our God and God of all people:  God of the Right and God of the Left. God of the Democrats and God of the Republicans; God of the undecided and the underwhelmed. On this Shabbat of Lech Lecha- where we retell the story our ancestors’ journey of discovery, we as a nation stand at the precipice of an election fraught with divisiveness, rancor and tension.  As Abram and Sarai ventured forth into unknown territory, we too are navigating a perilous course. We see the demonization and de-humanization that these past months, weeks and days of fevered campaigning have brought forth.

We cannot remember a time when we have seen such division. We are exhausted and fearful of the ugliness that surrounds us.

God - help us to see the beauty in one another. May our partisanship turn to partnership as we work to rebuild our trust in our nation and in ourselves – regardless of the outcome of the Polls.

Help us to keep faith in both our electoral process and in You – the source of hope and good in the world.

May this election help to heal the wounds that our nation has experienced. May Hubris give way to Holiness. And let us say, AMEN.