The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-09-28
Tur JEWISH NEW YEAR.-We briefly

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rncliti.h citizens we're observing the Jew
isb Sew Year, having no space at on
command Mt the time, to refer to the mat
ter in other manner than mere mention.
Having u little space at our disposal to-day
we cannot improve it more probably
erhaps, than by referring TO the subject
again.
The first day of tho Jewish New Year Is
Indicate by the appearance ofthc first nc~
moon ofthe seventh month, numbering
the months from March, or the time OF
the exodus Of the children Of Israel. The
commencement VI the Jewish New Year
at II period near the close Of the Christian
year. is due to tho fact that the harvcsts
Of the Holy land have just been gsrnered,
and the work Of the old year ended, and
that Of the new commenced.
The festival Of the New Year is referred
10 in Levi,ieus XIII, "a, as the day of the
memorial Of blowing the trumpet" being
intended as the type Of that great day
when the trumpet Of the Almighty shall
signal the gathering Of all the servants Of
the house Of I,real The Rabbis have held,
however, that the sounding Of the trumpe,
is also memorial Of the creation Of the
world The orthodox Isreali.es celebrate
two days the Reformers but one.
The services are described as follows:
The service in the morning generally
continues from morning till:noon, during
which time those who are very devout
dres. themselves in q white cap and toga,
over which they throw tho four cornered
scarf mentioned in Mum. XIV. 81. The
prayers In the first part Of the morning
consist Of applications, Thanksgiving,
hymns Of praise history Of ancient cere- |
monies and rite. in the Holy Temple etc.
On the frat day, the twenty.arst chapter |
Of Genesis and the drst chapter Of ard
Samuel are read; and on the second day,
he twenty. second chsp,er Of Genesis and
Mo thirty -ars, Of Jeremiah.
After the reading Of the law, one
II the congregation usually tho Rab.
81 or reader, in accordance with the
',rninand in the ?3d chapter Of Leviticus,
sunds the trumpet which isa rams horn,
n memory Of the ram which was sscri-
iced in the place 81 Issac, on Mount Mo-
'iah. This rite is intended 10 remind men
u the day when the trumpet shall awake
ho dead 10 resurrection and when Satan
\ III DO COMPOUNDED at the coming Of the
Rsdcemer. The rite 10 also introduced
With a prayer that God may send holy and
aithful angels to justify the motive Of Il.
mel before III. Holy Throne and tsrrify |
's,sn from trsducing the Jews, and that
he Lord would remember the sacrifice
which Abraham offered unto Him, and re-
member tho covenant which Ho made with
he three Pa,risrchs.
In the afternoon il Is customary in many
yuagogue- 20 assemble for the purpose Of
caiing the psalms and 20 after noon SER
rice 10 water where there are fish aud say
hs following from the last chspter Of
Micah; who Ia like unto thee, o Lord,
ha, pardon the iniqusy, and pssseth By
lac ,sansg re,,ion 81 The ramnent Of her
icri,agc. lie rc,aine,h not hi. anger for
ver, because he daligh,cl in mercy
L. will turn Sgsini lie will sub
Iue, snl then will cast their sins into the
Iepth. of the sea" Tomorrow week will
,e the day Of Atonement. Until that time
he days are called days Of penitenee."
IN these days il sprescribsd to say thirty
line short applications, every one COM
nencing with the words Our Father and
King" On the Sabbath these ssrsmSaies
re omitted.