Show JEWISH HOLIDAY How it Was Observed in This City The Feast of the Tabernacles Begins Wednesday Wed-nesday Venlnc Babbi Jacobsons Lecture Programme On Friday last the Feast of the Atonement Atone-ment being the tenth day of Tishri and the ninth day after Bash Hashonch called In Hebrew Yum Kippur a begun Tho characteristic of the brat evening3 service ser-vice according to the ritual used here which is called MmhogAmorico is the memorial of the dead in Hebrew called Mozkir Neshomotn 1 very sublime contemplation con-templation upon immortality and concluding conclud-ing with memorial prayers for all the dead Other rituals have this peculiar feature just after the morning services of the day proper Tho distinguishing feature of tho whole day is the fast being one of total abstinanco from all food and drink The sections road from the prophets dwell upon this subject being the 5Sth chapter of Isaiah and the book of Jonah as also from the Hebrew Scrolls and the section concerning the institution of loin Kippur Itself In the morning the sixteenth chapter of Leviticus was read treating of the scapegoat scape-goat and in the evening the thirtyfourth chapter of Exodus which contains the revelation to Moses of tho thirteen attributes attri-butes of God commencing Eternal is tho Lord who isomerciful and gracious God etcThe The additional exercises consisted mainly of the sublime description of the impressive services conducted in the second temple under the auspices of the high priest These are divided into five pares The night before is called Kal Nidre after the opening of the prayer signifying that all such resolutions as were taken in a passing moment and thereafter forgotten are to be considered abrogated and to be substituted by more earnest and lasting ones This prayer was often misconstrued into meaning that the Jews abjured all vows and was often the cause of mucn persecution in times past For this reason rea-son the modern rituals have omitted It although the name was retained 10 characterize charac-terize the service The morning service is called Schacharith Then comes the Mussapn meaning tbe additional service followed by the Mincba These last two are commemorative of the additional and meat offerings formerly observed in the old temple according to the old Bible The last service is called the Neiiah or closing of tho gates and concluding with the confession con-fession of faith consisting of three sentences sen-tences First Hear 0 Israel eternal Is one God eternal is one Secona Blessed be the mention of his glorious kingdom forever and ay ThirdThe eternal be i God This ends with one straight note of the rams born On this day three sermons are given FirstOn the opening evening at the Cal Nidro service the subject ueing The Proper Fast as Illustrated by the Contrast Between the Sections of Isaiah and Jonah mentioned Second Immediately after the Schacha rub service which was on the subject of tbe Memorial of the Dead and the Jewish Attitude to Immorality ThirdWas on the Neilah service a summing up of the results of the a ay from the text Watchman What of the Night Just after the second sermon Mr Ralph Bamberger delivered a most interesting address on Charity and Charitable Organizations Or-ganizations full of information and replete re-plete with many practical suggestions On next Wednesday will be initiated the feast of the tabernacles called in Hebrew Succoth lasting seven days and concluding con-cluding on the eighth with what is called Shomini Atzoreth During this time i is the custom of the orthodox Jews I to build pretty booths hung with oil kinds of fruit either in their yards or on the tops of their houses if suitable Hero they I will take their meals and recline each day an hour on tneir backs so that their eyes looking upward they may behold the sky I peering through tho leaves of the loosly thatched roof In the synagogue there will be samples from the harvests of Palestine Pales-tine such as tho myrtle palm braucq willow low and citron for this feast h the great thanksgiving feast of the harvest and was formerly celebrated with great eclat In Palestine it was probably tho most sublime and important of all festivals not excepting except-ing even the last days of Rosa Hasbonoah and Yum Kippur which with the modern Jews have superseded it in importance For the feast of Succoth Rabbi Jacobson expects to have a young college student from his Alma Mater Mr Cnarles Fleis cher at present a member of the senior class of the Hebrew Union College Cincinnati Cin-cinnati nnd who during the lat holidays has been conducting services at Tacoma where his eloquence has won for him rare laurels and doubtless he will moro than sustain his reputation here Dr Jacobson invited him to stop over on his way home from the Sound and he will probably reach here on Wednesday anyhow on Friday The choir of the synagogue v 111 hereafter be under the direction of Mr and Mrs Hirscnlor well known in musical circles A week from next Friday Dr Jacobson begins bis series of sermons with a discourse dis-course on Shylock On Sunday last the Sabbath school opened with sixtyfour pupils between the ages of six and fifteen Mr Ralph Bam berger and Misses Martha Waters Sara Cohen and Ida Cohen have already agreed to act as teachers while Dr Jacobson will take charge of the higher class The Hebrew He-brew class will hold its session on Saturday Satur-day from 930 to 1030 and the class in history his-tory on Sunday from 1T to 12 A confirmation confirma-tion class will soon be organized to prepare confirmation next for confrmation nex spring On Sunday last the bait Lake Hebrew Benevolent association was organized and a constitution and bylaws adopted as formulated by Mr Henry Cohn The offi cers elect are Louis Bamberger president presi-dent Emil Fniedman vicepresident Alex Conn treasurer and Ralph Bamberger secretary A relief committee will bo appointed ap-pointed by the president All dues will be voluntary but the monthly contributions are fixed a minimum of 50 CODS |