The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-11
The Jewish New Year-C0mmence. ..
ment Of the Festival.

The first Of the series Of yearly holidays and
festivals observed by the Hebrews commenced on
be continued until Friday night with strict obser-
vance, Is one Ct the most important of all the
Jewish feasts viz: "The Festival of Rosh Hpshon.
naa or New Year," the origin of which Is found in
Lev,icus, chapter xxxiii, v. % %: "And the Lord
spake unto Moses saying, speak unto the Children
of Isreal saying, in the seventh month in the first
Of the month shall ye have Sabbath, memorial
of blowing Of tfumpets, an holy cOnyocation, ye
shall do no serviie work." And In numbers, ch
XXX, v. /, the commauiis repeated: nd In the
seventh month on the first day of the month ye
shall have holy convocation ye shali do no ser
vile work, it is day Of blowing the trumpets
unto you" Although not one Of the three great
festivals upon which all Israel gathered at the
temple TO appear before the Lord yet it is never.
theless, considered one Of the first among the
principal holy days, and as such has always been
celebrated by the members of the Jewish persuasion
This day is considered by the lsraelites AZ day
of judgment to all flesh, which ia to decide their
fate for the coming year--not because they do not
consider the destiny OF an or any other day less
subject to the control of Providence but they hold
that on this particular day the absolute conse-
quepce of mems actions aud the fate of nations
and crimes are meted ont and weighed The blow
ing the StoTpar, or cornet of rams horn which
is commanded ID Lev, chap. xiii, v. IS to 25 and
Numbers, chap. ". is ceremony peculiar to the
festival and is not only observed TO the day, but
the hearing OF it Ia obligatory on all Jews 1t has
service of the day. 1t proclaims, the Israelites
believe, God and His day of Judgement. 1t il in
.euded to call forth terror at the judgement It like
wise expresses thanks, as In Psalms: sIIaleiujah
praise Him with trumpet sounds." land 1t also
denotes the restoi alton CT Is-ael All these ideas
are connected with aud expressed by the sounding
Of the cornet this day, which 10 also called
yoae LIE Koaroion, or s'day Of remembrance, and
yomc Terta.o, "tbe day of blowing" The prayers
which are recited on this holy day enunerate such
verses Of the Sacred Writings relate to the su-
preme reign Of tie Deity, to His omuiscierce and
to tho trumpet which at once 10 to proclaim the
liberation and express the joy of mankind.
All orthodox Jews, SO far as practicable, will at
tend the Synagogue service for the special purpose
Of praying to Almighty God for the forgiveness of
all their sins committed during the past year. 10
their own languagei 1t s the epetiod-applyiDg terms
temporal to things spritua-for the annual settle
ment Of accounts between man and his Maker; o
day too on which IN overruling Providence maps
out, dictates and DEGREES all the events aud expert
eDce, whether for veal or wo, Of every one Of his
creatures for the ensuing Following this great
day CT DEGREES come nine days, which called the
Days Of Repentance, which are spent iu fasting
until noon each day, and attendance at the Syna-
gogus for the purpose Of Offering prayer to Omui.
potence to mitigate, alter or reverse any evil
DEGREES which may be made to day The tenth day,
however, Is the point allotted according to this
belief for this intercesson to Ia called
the Day of Atonemeut-after which there can be
10 appeal from the fixed fore-ordiustion of the
events Of every ones life for the current year.
The day upon which this final day falls, this year,
will be mex Saturday week, and will be observed
the l7th to the same hour On the evening of the
18th iaataut