(RUSSIA)

M.A. Belinson

Odessa

1869

Dainow, Tzvi Hirsch (Maggid of Slutzk). Kevod Melech [sermon extolling the virtues of, along with the obligation to honor: "Our compassionate King, Czar Alexander II.”] With addendum entitled Oz VeYeshuath Melech, an oration delivered on April 4th 1866, the day the Czar survived an assassination attempt.

Dainow (1832-1877) was an orator who stressed the need for Russification and reform in Jewish education, proposing a combination of traditional Torah thought alongside the enlightened ideas of the Haskalah. He particularly emphasized the importance of speaking Russian, “the mother-tongue of our country.”