The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-28
AT0NEMENT.
This is the Day Set Apart by
the Jews.
According to Their Reckoning 1t is
the Tenth Day Of Seventh Month.
No Business In the Jewish Quarters OF
Providence. At the synagogues.

Today most OF the jews In the world,
and there are IA, 600, 900 OF them, are OBJ
atonemept-the most important day in
the Jewish calendar. The observance
really began last evening, and this year
the occasion is OF unusual solemnity, be-
cause it falls on Sabbath day. Today is
the last, also, OF the 10 days OF penitence,
inaugurated week ago Thursday on
what is called Rosh Hashonoh, or New
Year. Il
The methods of observing "Yom Kip
pur'' vary with the different classes. The
strictly orthodox observe the most rigor-
GUS fasting, the worshipper not partak-
ing of food or drink for "a hours, begin
ming with the time of entering the syna-
gogue last evening. Early this morning,
upon again entering the place OF worship,
il is to remain there until the last pray
ers are uttered. Attired in his prayer
shawl, he bows low in token of repent
ance for his sins, and asks that they be
remitted.
The women also Fast as devotedly as the
men, and it is customary for the children
who have attained the age o. IL 10 entire
ly abstain from food.
With the reformed Jews, the custom OF
fasting has largely gone out of fashion,
and~t here are not many who pray on
formed service is shorter than the ortho-
dox, and the refermer did not have to rise
as early this morning.
For the institution of the atonement
we read in Leviticus xvi, 1884, as fol-
lows: "And this shall be statute for
ever unto you: that in the seventh month
on the tenth day of the month, ye shall
afilict your souls, and do no work at all,
whether IL be of your own country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among you.
"For on that day shall the priest make
an atonernent for -yeu,, to cleanse you,
- all aS..
before the Lord.
sit shall be a Sabbath OF rest unto you,
and We shall afflict your souls, by a
statute forever.
"And the priest. whom he shall an
noint, and whom he shall consecrate TO
minister in the priests office in his
| fathers stead, shall make the atonement,
| and shall put on the linen clothes, even
| the holy garments:
"And he shall made an atonement for
the holy sanctuary, ana he shall made
an atonement for the tabernacle of the
| congregation, and for the altar: and
he shall make an atonement for the
| priests, and for all the people OF the con-
| gregation.
"And this shall be an everlasting sta
tute unto you, to make an atonement for
the children of Israel for all their sins
once year. And he did as the Lord
| commanded Moses.
4
| "Then shalt thou cause the trumpet OF
! the jubilee TO sound on the tenth day of
! the seventh month, in the day of atone
! ment shall ye make the trumpet sound
| throughout all your land.
The penalty of the violation of the law
| is found in Leviticus xiii, 27-32: N"Also
| on the tenth day of this seventh month
there shall be day of atonement:it shall
| be holy convocation unto you; and ye
shall afflict your souls, and offer an offer
ing made by fire unto the Lord.
"And We shall do no work in that same
day: for 1t is day of atonement, to
| make an atonement for You before the
Lord your God. For whatsoever soul 1t
| be that dQeth any work in that same DAY,
the same soul will destroy from among
"Ye shall do no manner OF work; it
! shall be statute forever throughout your
! generation in all your dwellings.
| "lt shall be unto you Sabbath OF rest,
and We shall afflict your souls: in the
ninth day OF the month at even, from
even unto even, shall We celebrate your
Sabbath"
One naturally suggests that September
is the ninth month, ana not the seventh,
| but by Jewish reckoning, which counts
/ the years downward from the creation,
and by the old Roman calendar, this is
the 10th day OF the seventh month. Sep
teInber is so called, in fact, from the
I Latin "septem," seven, because II was
the seventh month of the Roman year,
which began with March, until the
| change OF the calendar under the second
! King of Rome. Though September be-
came then the ninthsmonth, the ancient
designations are still retained.
THE OBSERVANCE IN PROVIDENCE.
In Providence most Jews closed their
places of business, or ceased work, at 9
O'Clock last evening, to remain closed un-
| til p. m. today. Services were held IN
all the local synagcgues, as will be the
| case today.
The Congregational Sons OF Israel, a
| reformed society, listened to services con-
Quoted by Rev. David Baustein, who
preached on 1.-THE Significance OF the Day
OF Atonement.
Today's services at the same synagogue
began at 9:45 a. M, and at II O'Clock,
Rev. Mr. Blsnstein talked on "Sins OF
| Omission ~
Formerly the devout jew everywhere
closed his place of business on the Jewish
New Year and day of atonement, IL he
aid not on the Sabbath.
Now however, in many of the larger
cities, while the stores will be closed IN
the Jewish quarters, many OF thewealthy
merchants, even though attending SER
vice, will allow their stores to remain
open. There Is a class which never pays
any attention TO Jewish sacred seasons,
but II is limited.
OF course everybody understands that
the Jewish and Christian churches dil1er
as 10 the advent of the Messiah, and the
observance OF the atonement necessarily
means quite another thing TO the latter.
Man stands above nature in Judaism In
conscious relation 20 a person, God,
whose written law exhibits the require
ments of his relationship with man-re.
quirements which are never met and
which only make him feariully conscious
OF the ever widening breach between him
and his God. The doctrine of the
atonement treats OF the meditation nee
essary for restoring the union between
God and man. So fundamental is the
doctrine OF the atonoment in the chris
tian religion that IL does not. like many
other doctrines, form ground OF diFst>c
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