Show YOM KIPPUR The Jewish race allover all over The world is at the present time paring to celebrate what is to t the day of all Jays Yom Jays Yom Kl the the day of atonement t However careless the maJo the Jews of today are all theof the o the year in living Jiving up to the M at pies of their religion YOI Yom l pun pur is celebrated with deep ty by all an of them for it is i a a fasting and prayer throughout Jewish world 1 On that day according to is tradition the Lord God of sits site upon His judgment every creature passes before account for the deeds during the past year and toi r- r either reward punishment or for for- forgiveness for forgiveness of sin ain Great preparations are made for foi this day and for the whole weep week which precedes Yom Kippur the synagogues are open at midnight and crowded with praying and fa ting multitudes till WI daybreak preparing themselves to receive ve worthily the day of both judgement and atonement Among many other peculiarities connected with the celebration of Yom Kippur there is one which will be of grea great t i interest to yo yom read read- read Wt am and which I sincerely flah wish h my Y Jewish brethren would think more deeply over than they do On the day preceding Yom Kippur the head of every Jewish family gathers his flock around him and every member belonging to his household receives a live chicken which Is taken in the right hand and turned seven seveD times round the head while the following prayer in Hebrew is i uttered with great reverence r Creator of the world accept I humbly pray this my off offering ring may this chickens chicken's s blood which will wiH soon be shed wash walh away my sins for tor it is blood that cleanses us from our sins Truly it is blood that washes away the sins of the world but not the blood of a chicken After this ceremony is over a specially appointed man kills the chickens according to Jewish cus cus- custom custom custom tom and the blood is covered with r ash ashes and dedicated with a prayer t z In which it is said As this thia blood Is covered so ma the may may the Lord God r cover the sins of those for whom itha it has ha been shed r By sunset Yom Kippur begins The syn synagogues are crowded with both males and females old and k young oung rich and aud poor everyone clothed in white garments and deeply engaged in long prayers composed eq mostly in the Syriac lau lan laur language lan language guage age by the aI ancient Rabbis the r meaning of which is understood r only by a very few of them These prayers most of which bear the name of the author begin with a aletter aletter l letter Jetter at the commencement of each verse vene and are truly beautiful and those who understand the meaning Beaning of the words generally weep when they hey arrive ve at the pray pray over theU the U destruction action of their Temple and the city of or Jerusalem To have a look into a synagogue upon a Yom Kippur evening is a ar r grand sight The interior is is lighted l up by hundreds of wax for candles candles everyone brings a candle to burn in remembrance of his or her dead relatives rel- rel These candles are placed at every available point in the house sad and thus surround the congregation In to a great at array of flames In the more orthodox synagogues file We floor carpets are removed and C replaced by straw upon which the congregation kneel laying their heads upon the floor while certain prayers are offered In this thia attitude many stay in the synagogue all Oil night while others go home only to return at daybreak and remain re- re remain main 10 main praying all 11 day till the sun gow down when the congregation 1 ArIse In tn a body and the Rabbi i Z ZIn A hId wB a in tn a horn hom to which the peo- peo i v pie with one accord respond three times thus A year from today we will be in Jerusalem I have given a synopsis of a aYom Yom Kippur in as few words as I Ican Ican Ican can but to give a fuller ac ac- account account account count it would take much more space than I could ask for in your valuable columns I cannot express the feelings with which my heart is fined filled at this moment while thinking of the time when three years ago I celebrated Yom Kippur in the synagogue over which my father presides N Never ever since my happy lot has been cast with the Latter Latter- Latter day day Saints in Zion has my heart been en drawn out toward my fathers father's house to such an extent as it is today while reflecting about Yom Kippur Iran I ran an see the venerable figure of my father clothed in the white silk garments of f his ecclesias ecclesias- ecclesiastical ecclesiastical ecclesiastical office ascending the pulpit in his synagogue to explain to his flock the holiness of Yom Yom Kippur I Ican Ican Ican can see him weep when explaining W When hen shall Israel scattered all allover allover allover over the earth driven from nation to nation without a home without a Temple without a king king persecuted ted by all the world when world when shall my people return in pea e to the theland theland theland land of their inheritance I would that I could have then answered him as I could today Father Jesus the Son of David is willing willingto to return you from captivity and to restore your inheritance He is waiting and stretches out His arms armsto armsto armsto to receive you Embrace Him for forit forit forit it is his blood that washes away your sins When the su sun n sets and Yom Kippur will again pass Israel all allover allover over aver the world will again exclaim A year from today we will be in J God grant that this prayer may be heard and speedily answered for in this prayer the day Latter day Saints join with ancient i Israel srael DR DB ED ISAACSON FORK Sept 25 1889 |