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Jewish Community Marks Loss of Prince Philip, Beginning with Prayer
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As the United Kingdom honored Prince Philip, who died on April 9 at the age 99, with a gun salute, flags at half-staff and the many who paid tribute outside of Buckingham Palace, Sabbath prayers for the longest-serving royal consort were a bit different in synagogues across England.
For decades, the blessings recited for the royal familyââHe who gives salvation to kings ⦠may He bless our sovereign lady, Queen Elizabeth, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ⦠and all the royal familyââwere missing for the first time for Prince Philip.
âThere was a glaring omission,â noted Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet, religious leader of the Mill Hill Synagogue and one of the most influential rabbis in the United Kingdom. âAll of a sudden, for the first time, we modified the prayer. It made everybody reflect on the end of an era.â