Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-06

| OWNERS was uOue III ODeuleuce W Tue uOc-
trine that God was sovereign over all
things, and that man owned nothing,
material or immaterial, on earth.
On to-day, therefore, our Hebrew
friends commence their festivals, or holt
days, for the season. This is the month
Tyshri, or the seventh month with them,
and embraces thirty days, usually
from this time of September to the same
time of October. On the first and
second days Of this month, that
is Monday and Tuesday, is held the
festival of Rosh Hoshanah, New 7 ear 8
Day. This is the beginning of the new
year; for as the month of Nissan is the
head or beginning Of the months, so is
1ishri the head or beginning of the
year. Yome Hasikoran in the Hebrew
language is called in the Bible also
Yome Tsruah, Yome Hasrikon, "a day
of memorial" signifying a remembrance
of all the actions of the past year, and
humble prayer for the pardon of ell that
has been wrong and done in spirit con-
trary to the laws laid down for our guild
ance
Yome Teruah, "a day of blowing of
trumpets," as recorded in the Bible.
"And in the seventh month, on the FIRST
day of the month, ye shall have holy
convocation We shall do no servila work /;
it is day of blowing trumpets." Rosh
Hoshdndh is also called Yome Hdddin,
a day of trial to the soul of man. Re-
speeding this day, the wisest rabbis have
said This is the day on which the
world was brought into existence; this is
the day on which the great God causes
all his creatures TO stand in judgment
before him." Rosh Hoshanah. amongst
all Hebrews, must be kept as sacred as
Sabbath. No work of any kind can be
done by any Israelite on this day. This
day is the first Of the ten days of peni-
tence, written in the original Asereth p
Moy Hat Shoobah, during which time
all devout Jews are expected to repent,
| and confess their sins, and earnestly pray
| to the Almighty to write their names in
the Book OF Life and grant them happy
New Year. The days from Rosh Hos
handh till after Yome Hakkipoorim, or
the day Of atonement, about the 10Th of
September, are called the awful days or the
days of reverence. This festival is taken
from Leviiicus, chapter 10th, 29th verse !:
"And it shall be to you an everlasting
law; in the seventh month, on the tenth
of the month, ye shall stflict yourselves
and do no manner OF work, both the ma
tive and the stranger who dwelleth
amongst you; for on that day He
atoneth for you, to purify you-from
all your sins ye shall purify your
selves before God" This is the
hottest of days celebrated by the
Hebrews, aud occurs, as we before
said, about the 18th of the present
month. 1t ia founded upon two prem.
ises, the weakness and power of man /;
upon sinfulness, to which every man in
the course of year becomes more or
less subject; and upon his God-like, higher
nature, by means of which be is enabled
to arrive at the consciousness of his own
shortcomings, and through his own
strength, elevate, purify and free himself
from all sin. But extraordinary means
are required for this purpose; abstinence
from all worldly occupations and physi-
cal epjoyments.
The Sabbath between Rosh Hoshanak
that is next Saturday, and Yome Haiku.
poorims, the day of Atonement, is called
Sabbath T. Shubah, or Sabbath of Peni-
tence, it being one of the ten days of re-
pentance. The third day Of Tishri is q
general fast, called the fast of Gedaliab,
in memory ofthat pioua man. Gedaliah
was the son ofAhikam, whom Nsbuchad-
nszzar, King OF Babylon, had made the
chief of the Israelites who remained in
their own country after the destruction
of the first Temple. Gedalish was on
this day slain, with many of his friends,
by Ishmael. The Israelites, therefore,
continue to deplere the loss OF that great
man, by fasting and lamenting every
year, on the third day of the month
TIshri, the day on which he was slain,
as aboye mentioned=.hat is the 9Th Of
September,
Rosh HoshGnah, or the first day Of
the Jewish New Year, is also interest
ing to Christians, and especially that
portion of them known as Catholics,
as Lelng the day on which Mary, the
mother Of Jesus, was born. The facts
and history of this important epoch are
as follows; Toward the decline Of the
temporal nationality Of the Hebrews, at
the time foretold by the prophets, when
the royal scepter was welded by for
eigaer, there lived in Nazareth, ,osn of
Lower Galilee, aal not rar distant from
Mount Carmel, just man named Joa-
chin, known also as He'll, of the tribe of
Judah, aud Of the race of David by Ma
than His wife was descended from the
tribe Of Levi, and was called Anna
name in Hebrew signifyiug gracious.
Arabic tradition recognises her BY the
name of Hannah, the daughter Of Nakor