One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
This Government has found occasion to express, in a friendly spirit, but with much earnestness, to the Government of the Czar, its serious concern because of the harsh measures now being enforced against the Hebrews in Russia.
May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
He chose to honor us with His priesthood. So we honor Him by honoring His priesthood - both its power and those who bear it.
It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.
The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.
We come to love those we serve. If we choose to begin to serve the Master out of even a glimmer of faith, we will begin to know Him. We will come to know His purposes for the people we serve for Him. Even when they do not accept our offer to serve them, we will feel His appreciation if we persist.
All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.
The great commandment of life is to love the Lord.
The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die.