Prayer of praise for Tsar Alexander II, emancipator of the serfs of the Russian Empire (HaMelitz, 1861)

This prayer of praise of Tsar Alexander II (1818-1881), for largely ending feudalism by emancipating the serfs of the Russian Empire was written by an unknown author and published in HaMelitz on Thursday, 28 March 1861. . . .

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Emancipation, Prayers for leaders, Russian Empire, Tsar Alexander II

Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה | A Prayer for the Kaiser, Nikolai Ⅱ Alexanderovich (1889)

This prayer for the well-being of the Kaiser (Emperor) Nikolai II and his family appears in the siddur Shir Ushvaḥah (1889) . . .

Categories: 🇷🇺 Russia

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., הנותן תשועה haNotén Teshuah, Russian Empire, Tsar Nicholas II

Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תְּפִלָּה לִשְׁלוֹם הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה | Prayer for the Wellbeing of the Government of the USSR, by Rabbi Solomon Shleifer (Choral Synagogue, Moscow 1956)

The prayer for peace and prayer for the government of the Choral Synagogue in Moscow in 1956. . . .

Categories: Government & Country, 🇷🇺 Russia

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Soviet Jewry, Soviet Union (USSR/CCCP)

Contributor(s): Solomon Schleifer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

אַ בְּרָכָה פֿאַרן קײסער | A Blessing for the Kaiser, from Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein – Yiddish translation by Shraga Friedman (1965)

The blessing for Tsar Nicholas II as given in the lines of the musical, Fiddler on the Roof. . . .

Categories: Government & Country, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., parody, satire, Tsar Nicholas II, Yiddish vernacular prayer

Contributor(s): Shraga Friedman (Yiddish translation), Joseph Stein and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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