accordingly, the synod at leipzig in 1869, and the german-israelitish union of congregations in 1885, stood on old historical ground when declaring (lazarus, "ethics of judaism," i. 234, 302) that "'love thy neighbor as thyself' is a command of all-embracing love, and is a fundamental principle of the jewish religion"; and stade, when charging with imposture the rabbis who made this declaration, is entirely in error (see his "geschichte des volkes israel," l.c.).