Evening journal., 1888-09-05
ROSH HAsh;ANAH.

The Services incident TO the Celebration Of
the Hebrew New Year beginning Last
Evening.
This is the FIRST day of the month
Tishri and the first day of the year kosh
Hsshanah, 5649, among the Hebrews.
Last evening which was Aref Rosh Hash
xnah. was spent in feasting by the He
hrews and was the beginning Of the most
saored holiday period of their faith, the
Ten penitential DAYS. which begins with
the New Year and ends with the great
DAY Of Observance There are two radi-
cal divisions of the Hebrews, the orthodox
md reformed. The Orthodox are as rigid
In their religious rites to-day as the He
srcws Of 2, 600 wears ago were. The true
orthodox believes that during the coming
5en DAVIS his fate is decided, and he be
aeves that penitence, prayer and charity
san alone avert evil fate. Entering any
Of the Orthodox synagogues to-day one
will hear the Shofaf or horn The horn
is sounded for the following ten reasons.
First because of the beginning OF the
world second, as a proclamation tothose
that hear that they must repent, third,
as a reminder OF the giving Of the com
nandmenfs to Noses fourth, as an
audible warning that no man can
say he was ignorant Of the day. tifth, as
a Remembrance of the destruction Of tho
temple which took place as the horns
sounded sixth, TO commemorate the
binding Of Isaac and the ram which was
sacrificed IN his place; seventh, as sum
mon, for as Amos says, shall trumpet
be blown and the people remain unterri
fiedY' eighth, as reminder Of Judgment
dav when the trumpet shall awake the
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dead and those who are scattered afar
tenth. to bring to an minds that there
will surely be a resurrection Of the dead
and life eternal
When Fast Day, Yom Kipoor, OF the
tenth day, is ended all those ia the sYna
gogue say the prayers that they would
say il they were dying.
in this city there are three congrega-
tions Of Hebrews, embracing about 400
persons Tive Of these congregations are
Odas kodesh or orthodox, and the other
Reformed The Reformed Hebrews in this
city comprise IN the main the best ele-
ments Of the race, and they are almost
all Of them Germans They believe in
the abolition of most Of the forms and
customs Of years ago and of still further
reforming their religious customs. Their
synagogue is ia the second story of the
Morrow Building and Rabbi Rosenberg
of Philadelphia is their minister.
Persons who were up as early as O'Clock
this morning and who walked up Market
street between Second and Third were
surprised TO hear a dreary monotonOus
chant issuing from the third story Of the
Morrow Building and over Crosby and
Hills store About 4. 80 A. m an EvnE1
ING journal reporter entered the room
a. A.
room full Of Hebrews, very few looking
as if they had been IN the Ouited States
long inquiry ELECTED the fact that the
room contained the congregation of
the original Adas kodesh Hebrew Church
cf The city The congregation was com
prised exclusively of natives of Russia,
Poland and Hungary. and very few OF
them could speak English. Not a woman
was in the party The men were ar
ranged in front of high stands on their
knees The services Of the ancient church
were being strictly carried ont under tho
direction Of Rabbi Resitz At times the
chanting would be hardly audible.
when suddenly the singers would break
out into loud intopaiions, their faces be-
speaking mental agony. The scene was
rendered additionally solemn by tho
Eeird, duh light Furnished BY four wax
candles
The worshippcra win observe the teh
penitential days with the greatest
solemnity They will again enter the
synagogue this evening at and remain
until s o'clock They win enter again
Tomorrow morning at 6 and remain until
~ They viii mother eat nor drink beford
entering the synagogue and not until
they leave There will be services at 9
o'clock every morning up TO the ninth
day. when the worshippers win enter tho
synagogue at ? 2. m. and remain
until 10 p. m. Entering again the next
morning in their stocking feet they viii
remain from & a. IN. until G p. m, and
during that time they win neither eat
nor drink When they are once I'm the
synagogue they will be compelled to re-
main until the proper hour for leaving
Each day is read the Scrllss, mass OF
parchment manuscript containing the
1--WE books Of Moses. On the tenth day
however, this Scrllss is brought out twice
and twice read 60 the congregation
The congregation in the Crosby & Hill
building observe the same services that
are observed in the third story Of the Nor
row building. They are a split from the
former which grew out of some financial
transaction. A. Harris Of 2iS Market
street is the moving spirit Of the Crosby
Il Hill building faction, and Rabbi Lwria
The div
The Hebrew pieces Of business will be
generally closed from Q o'clock this even
ing until tomorrow evening, and also on
the tenth day which Is Saturday Septem-
Der is,