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Show DAY OF ATONEMENT TO 8E OBSERVED BY HEBREWS The Day of atonement is to be ob served by the Hebrew.-, with services tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock, and Wednesday evening at ft o'clock, at the Woodmen of the World hall. In the Fraternity block The services will be conducted by Rabbi Samuel Mkow and It Is expected that most of the Jewish busine-s houses in the city will be closed Concerning the observance of the Day of Atonement, a member of the local Hebrew organization made the following statement this morning- "The Day of Atonement is called in Hebrew Yom Klppur. It is the day on which we solemnlv ask pardon from God for sins which we have com mitted against Him. Pardon Is granted to us for these sins only when God, who knows our h irt.s. sees that our rpntance !s Sincere. We fenpt on the Day of At onement We fea6t In order to humble ourselves before God, to realize how dependent we are upon Him for food, and therefore for life, and to learn to restrain earthly deeirc3 Fasting in Hebrew Is called 'afflicting the soul "We must be conscious of deep remorse re-morse for having offended God In the past year by any wrong doing to Him I or to our neighbor by word, deed or , (nought, and must make a sincere con fession of our faults. Remorse or real sorrow for sin committed Is th-' beginning of repentance To be com plete, It must be followed by amend ment of our conduct. "God Invites us to repent. He prom Ises pardon if we do. He declares that He delights in pardoning the other of the forts of Przemysl." |