The New York herald., 1866-09-20
FEAST or THE ATONEMENT.

Origin and Nature Of the Observance Annual
Feasss or tire Jewish Church-Services Yes
terday-The Autumnal Ember Days.
Yesterday the most important Of oil the holy
feast days. or properly speaking fast days In the
Jewish calendar Whatever laxity may be INDUCED In
with regard to other days. the Feast OF tho Atonament
is held by oil OF the Hebrew faith sealed with
ty that Is hold involable The Of the church,
however, gives TO nvaids, young children and
women In pregnancy an immunity from the rgors
Of the outward FORMS The Hebrew Church, in It's prmi
tive organization existing under the Mosaic law, in the
funsss Of its letter had great number OF hesc fesst
days, very many Of which In modern tiuos have bees
dropped
ANNUAL ysAsrs
There six annual feasts be Observed two Of
them-viz: tho Feast Of the Atonement and the Feast
Of Tsbernacles- during this month Among the
Jews the civil year differed from the sccesiasticai yonr
in the time OF its beginning, so that the
month OF Tisri. answering 10 the latter psN Of
September and the former part OF October and n which
tho two feasts mentioned occur-which was the first
cal Besides the civil and canonical or ecclesiastical
years the Jews formerly had the Year Of Plants and
Beasts which began 10 on shs & Of E oi Ausu tho
Sabbatc Year. which was every seventh year. the Year
Of Jubilee which was every sovenih sabbatic Year and
consequently occurred In years and the
Prophetic Year. Those all had their significance.
Tn. DAT or AroSExESr
fell on the tenth day OF the seventh month Tisr or ~
recorded in Leviticus, 18th chapter, verses 2s-s,-
seventh month on The tenth day Of the month yana
amict your souls and do no work al all; wheie,
one Of your own country OR stranger that Sss SSsaps.
verses Ill, the manner In Which tho da' WAS v"
observed Is prescribed.
were expiatory In their siRnneancc tpica' OF ths ~
dempton II ON this day and tas day onv n, ~ 80 o.
ram, was entered and thn only by the Ign p,'cs'
after puriacaton and dv preparation
death.
The principal feasts still o56,h OF Alb Al tho POST
Purim feast and J. tncnement the jews woro the
observed on the % Old white shroud Hence /. was
called The Jbvrinps are stIll worn BY the orthodox
icasis Tfho rformed churches dispense with them
churcpx introduced other Innovations, such uncover.
ano an their head while At worship and removing the
readers chsno from the centre OF tho place OF worship
RyvoRxED cHuRcHEs
Th1e are reformed churches in this city, Yiz: -
The synagogue Of tho congregation lddr .testsru.,
or Thirty-nnth street. between Seventh and Eighth
ecnuee, md the new synagogue OF tho congregation
Emanuel Twelfth street, between Third and Fourth |
avenues.
THE PERIOD or PASSING |
actuallybceins at sunset the preceding evening and
ends asunset at the appearances OF the asr
at whth hour the SApsar tborn) 10 sounded IN me
churches and the congregations dspcrso 10 their rospec
tive fomos 20 cat and drink and make merry Daring
tho prescribed hours Of fasting the deyout Jews rgiiy
from work All secular business suspended will
thsy even much write their names The Law upon i
WHICH the opsersance " fo1nded etncty ProniDts ali
work.
spvrcys YESTERDAY
The synagogues were oil well attended yesterday The
services which continued throughout tho day until eve
ming. when the Shophar sounded. consisted In
appropriate 70 Tho occasion. reading the Law and the
worship the music is Of very high order In pom, cf
execution though the style Of their church music II
such 10 admit Of brilliant display OF talent being
chanting more than anything else There arc texts
which conveutonay set apart for the several days
like the collects in tho Episcopal service but the preacher
n fV IN a
Al tho synagogue OF tho congregation B'nas ye,,u~~
on Thirtyfourth street. between sixth and Seventh
avenues the rabbi, Rev Dr. Raphael preached on The
Rev. Dr. 1saacs, rabbi Of the congregation OF the
Coates Of Prayer tSAoardy TeDAda, preached from .
text In the book Of Jonah, 1n chapter, sth verse
"ro u.s. pray thee for whose cause this evil 10 upon
us; what thine occupationf and whence CONTEST thou
What 10 thy country and Of what people Art thou "
His subject was tho mission Of Jonah 10 the Nneviles,
a. applicable 20 the Jews ef to-day.
Al the synagogue Of The congregation Addr Jehurur
Thirty ninth street. between Seventh and Eighth ava
nues appropriate sermon was preached by the rabbi.
Services were aiso hold in the synagogue Of the con
gregation Emanuel In Twelfth street. between Third and
Fourth avenues, by the rabbi Rev Dr Adler, and sl
the synagogue Of the congrszaion Dpvsch Amuro, In
Greene street, by the rAbbi Rev Dr. 1rchenbess and In
oil the other synaeoguss In tho city.
II q worthy Of remark In this connection thai while
the Hebrews observing their holy fom hppgr here
10 NJ tho same time In the Christian word religious
epoch the observance OF whioh II ~ rigdy eaioined
upon tho members Of the Protestant Episcopal and the
Catholic denominations, the ausnrnnai Enbr dsys
COURT cAlEMOA-rN1 eif.